Re: Clarification on string arguments in PEP 517 hooks

Nick Coghlan <[email protected]>
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On Mon., 20 Aug. 2018, 11:54 pm Paul Moore, <[email protected]> wrote:

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> My assumption is that the intent is that *all* strings, whether
> arguments or return values, must be Unicode.
>

Handling bytes paths correctly cross-platform is a pain, so I think
requiring frontends to always pass in Unicode makes sense.

Cheers,
Nick.



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