Re: windows and file names > 256 bytes

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Date	2015-06-25 23:02 +1000
Subject	Re: windows and file names > 256 bytes
From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 9:06 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> 2. Is this a bug in Python? I would prefer if Python dealt with the gory
>> details of Windows' silly behavior.
>
>
> I don't see why Python should work around any particular limitation of any
> given OS.

Check out the multiprocessing module, and then tell me whether it's
better that Python paper over the OS differences or if you'd rather do
all that yourself. The biggest difference left between Windows and
POSIX is that on Windows, your main module has to be importable (which
doesn't hurt on POSIX). Python deals with all the mess of "can we
fork, or do we have to do it differently?".

ChrisA

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Re: windows and file names > 256 bytes Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-25 23:02 +1000

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