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Diffstat (limited to 'Misc/NEWS')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -41,11 +41,9 @@ Library about the rationale is in the NEWS entry for that. See also SF bug report <http://www.python.org/sf/693121>. -- os.listdir() now returns Unicode strings on platforms that set - Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding, for file names that are not representable - in ASCII. (This currently only affects MacOS X; on Windows versions - with wide file name support os.listdir() already returned Unicode - strings.) +- On Unix platforms, if os.listdir() is called with a Unicode argument, + it now returns Unicode strings. (This behavior was added earlier + to the Windows NT/2k/XP version of os.listdir().) - Distutils: both 'py_modules' and 'packages' keywords can now be specified in core.setup(). Previously you could supply one or the other, but @@ -88,8 +86,8 @@ TBD Mac --- -- os.listdir() now may return Unicode strings on MacOS X. See the general - news item under "Library". +- os.listdir() now returns Unicode strings on MacOS X when called with + a Unicode argument. See the general news item under "Library". - A new method MacOS.WMAvailable() returns true if it is safe to access the window manager, false otherwise. |