Add os.path.supports_unicode_filenames for all platforms,

sys.getwindowsversion() on Windows (new enahanced Tim-proof <wink>
version), and fix test_pep277.py in a few minor ways.
Including doc and NEWS entries.

2 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
index 7ad19e3..c5f992b 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex
@@ -219,6 +219,13 @@ avoid visiting certain parts of the tree.  (The object referred to by
 \var{names} must be modified in place, using \keyword{del} or slice
 assignment.)
 
+\begin{datadesc}{supports_unicode_filenames}
+True if arbitrary Unicode strings can be used as file names (within
+limitations imposed by the file system), and if os.listdir returns
+Unicode strings for a Unicode argument.
+\versionadded{2.3}
+\end{datadesc}
+
 \begin{notice}
 Symbolic links to directories are not treated as subdirectories, and
 that \function{walk()} therefore will not visit them. To visit linked
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex
index eec02e0..3f8f7b6 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex
@@ -216,6 +216,32 @@ It is always available.
   only.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
+\begin{funcdesc}{getwindowsversion}{}
+  Return a tuple containing five components, describing the Windows 
+  version currently running.  The elements are \var{major}, \var{minor}, 
+  \var{build}, \var{platform}, and \var{text}.  \var{text} contains
+  a string while all other values are integers.
+
+  \var{platform} may be one of the following values:
+  \begin{list}{}{\leftmargin 0.7in \labelwidth 0.65in}
+    \item[0 (\constant{VER_PLATFORM_WIN32s})]
+      Win32s on Windows 3.1.
+    \item[1 (\constant{VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS})] 
+      Windows 95/98/ME
+    \item[2 (\constant{VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT})] 
+      Windows NT/2000/XP
+    \item[3 (\constant{VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_CE})] 
+      Windows CE.
+  \end{list}
+  
+  This function wraps the Win32 \function{GetVersionEx()} function;
+  see the Microsoft Documentation for more information about these
+  fields.
+
+  Availability: Windows.
+  \versionadded{2.3}
+\end{funcdesc}
+
 \begin{datadesc}{hexversion}
   The version number encoded as a single integer.  This is guaranteed
   to increase with each version, including proper support for