Hello,
CPython 2.x (and 3.x) under Win32 has an issue with sys.argv. The list is
computed using the ANSI version of the windows APIs[*]. The problem is
apparent when you have a file/directory which can't be represented in the
system encoding (eg: a japanese-named file or directory on a Western
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:49:22 -0800, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> Thanks for reminding us of this!
>
> Is there any chance that you can submit a patch (or even the beginnings
> of one) for this?
Sure, during next week. I'd appreciate if, meanwhile, a core developer
commented on my proposal at the C
Thanks for reminding us of this!
Is there any chance that you can submit a patch (or even the
beginnings of one) for this?
At the very least, can you add the issue to the tracker so we'll have
a permanent reminder until it's resolved?
On Feb 16, 2008 7:20 AM, Giovanni Bajo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:51:08 +0100, Christian Heimes wrote:
> In the last months Amaury, Martin von Löwis and I have done most of the
> Windows work. Any help from an experienced Windows developer is greatly
> appreciated! We *need* an additional Windows developer.
I would really like to help you
At 05:06 PM 2/16/2008 +, Giovanni Bajo wrote:
>BTW: is there a long-time plan to make the Python core *not* link
>against msvcrt dll anymore but only rely on Windows APIs (or maybe
>also the static C runtime, I don't really care)?
How would this affect using MinGW to build Python extensions?
On 16/02/2008, Christian Heimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In the last months Amaury, Martin von Löwis and I have done most of the
> Windows work. Any help from an experienced Windows developer is greatly
> appreciated! We *need* an additional Windows developer.
Is there a list anywhere of tasks
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:40:52 -0500, Phillip J. Eby wrote:
>>BTW: is there a long-time plan to make the Python core *not* link
>>against msvcrt dll anymore but only rely on Windows APIs (or maybe also
>>the static C runtime, I don't really care)?
>
> How would this affect using MinGW to build Pyth
On 16/02/2008, Giovanni Bajo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:40:52 -0500, Phillip J. Eby wrote:
>
> >>BTW: is there a long-time plan to make the Python core *not* link
> >>against msvcrt dll anymore but only rely on Windows APIs (or maybe also
> >>the static C runtime, I don't r
Giovanni Bajo wrote:
> Sure, during next week. I'd appreciate if, meanwhile, a core developer
> commented on my proposal at the C level, so that I don't write a totally
> wrong patch to begin with. I'm not really familiar with CPython hacking.
We have dropped support for 9x, ME and NT4 for the 2
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:29:07 +, Paul Moore wrote:
>> >>BTW: is there a long-time plan to make the Python core *not* link
>> >>against msvcrt dll anymore but only rely on Windows APIs (or maybe
>> >>also the static C runtime, I don't really care)?
>> >
>> > How would this affect using MinGW to
> BTW: is there a long-time plan to make the Python core *not* link against
> msvcrt dll anymore but only rely on Windows APIs (or maybe also the
> static C runtime, I don't really care)?
I have plans to reduce usage of the CRT as much as possible. I don't
believe that linking statically would a
> If you avoided the static CRT, and only used Windows APIs, that would
> avoid this issue, but that means reimplementing everything -
> malloc/free, FILE*, stdin/stdout/stderr, etc etc. I don't think anyone
> is contemplating that.
Actually, I am. Py3k will already remove usage of stdio, for file
On 16/02/2008, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > If you avoided the static CRT, and only used Windows APIs, that would
> > avoid this issue, but that means reimplementing everything -
> > malloc/free, FILE*, stdin/stdout/stderr, etc etc. I don't think anyone
> > is contemplating that
>>> If you avoided the static CRT, and only used Windows APIs, that would
>>> avoid this issue, but that means reimplementing everything -
>>> malloc/free, FILE*, stdin/stdout/stderr, etc etc. I don't think anyone
>>> is contemplating that.
>> Actually, I am.
>
> I stand corrected :-) If you need
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