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Sun Jul 3 20:28:17 CEST 2005 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2005-July/054596.html

On 6/30/05, Neil Hodgson <nyamatongwe at gmail.com> wrote:
>    One benefit I see for the path module is that it makes it easier to
> write code that behaves correctly with unicode paths on Windows.
> Currently, to implement code that may see unicode paths, you must
> first understand that unicode paths may be an issue, then write
> conditional code that uses either a string or unicode string to hold
> paths whenever a new path is created.

Then maybe the code that handles Unicode paths in arguments should be
fixed rather than adding a module that encapsulates a work-around...

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--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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[Python-Dev] Adding the 'path' module (was Re: Some RFE for review)