978056 - [OS.File] Use native encoding for file paths

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Toolkit Graveyard :: OS.File, defect)

Description

[David Teller [:Yoric] - still alive but not very active]

At the moment, whenever opening a file, OS.File uses an arbitrary file encoding:
- UTF-8 under Unix;
- platform encoding under Windows.

While this is correct under Windows, MacOS X, Android, B2G, this is not always correct under Linux. On Linux, we need to use http://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/xpcom/io/nsNativeCharsetUtils.h to use the correct encoding.

Comment 1

[Henri Sivonen (:hsivonen)]

(In reply to David Rajchenbach-Teller [:Yoric] (use "needinfo") from comment #0)
> - platform encoding under Windows.

Why not UTF-16 on Windows?

Comment 2

[David Teller [:Yoric] - still alive but not very active]

Because not all users have UTF-16 file systems. We let the OS handle the encoding, which should be right right choice.

Comment 3

[Beth Rennie [:beth] (she/her)]

Mass closure: OSFIle is being replaced with IOUtils and PathUtils. If you think this bug was closed in error, please re-open.