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

[Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>]

> > 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.

-- 
Joel