Message 251560 - Python tracker

Message251560

Author	eric.smith
Recipients	AndiDog_old, BreamoreBoy, belopolsky, eric.smith, ezio.melotti, terry.reedy, vstinner
Date	2015-09-25.01:05:08
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Message-id	<1443143109.54.0.202397357299.issue8304@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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The problem is definitely that: format = PyUnicode_EncodeLocale(format_arg, "surrogateescape"); fails on Windows. Windows is using strftime, not wcsftime. It's not using wcsftime because of issue 10653. If I force Windows to use wcsftime, this particular example works: >>> time.strftime("%d\u200F%A", time.gmtime()) '25\u200fFriday' I haven't looked at issue 10653 enough to understand if it's still a problem with the new Visual C++. Maybe it is: I only tested with my default US locale.

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The problem is definitely that:
format = PyUnicode_EncodeLocale(format_arg, "surrogateescape");
fails on Windows.

Windows is using strftime, not wcsftime. It's not using wcsftime because of issue 10653.

If I force Windows to use wcsftime, this particular example works:
>>> time.strftime("%d\u200F%A", time.gmtime())
'25\u200fFriday'

I haven't looked at issue 10653 enough to understand if it's still a problem with the new Visual C++. Maybe it is: I only tested with my default US locale.

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