Re: [PATCH 1/3] python extended prompt: Use os.getcwd() instead of os.getcwdu()

[Simon Marchi <simon dot marchi at ericsson dot com>]

On 2014-12-05 03:36 PM, Simon Marchi wrote:
> On 2014-11-29 06:42 AM, Joel Brobecker wrote:
>>>> I'd like to have other people's opinion on this, as I am not sure.
>>>>
>>>> I _think_ that the patch is not making things worse for us,
>>>> while making things a little better in situations as the above.
>>>> So, based on that, I'd be inclined to apply it.
>>>>
>>>> However, I think the long term fix would be, I believe, to switch
>>>> the entire thing to unicode. With Python3, it's automatic, but
>>>> with Python2, we might have to add 'u'-s on every piece of string
>>>> in the module, and also add some conversions here and there.
>>>> That's why I am thinking that the long term fix should be a blocker
>>>> for this patch.
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> An eventual switch to use unicode everywhere would certainly undo this
>>> patch. However, I don't see the point in leaving the broken code as-is,
>>> unless there are imminent plans to make that switch happen.
>>
>> That's exactly my thinking. But not being very familiar with this
>> area, and the handling of unicode, I would like to give others
>> an opportunity to jump in. Let's wait another week, and see if
>> we get additional feedback. If not, we'll push the patch.
> 
> All right, if nothing comes up about this, I'll push it Monday, first thing
> in the morning, while eating my cereals.

I just pushed this.

Thanks.