[Tcl-bugs] [ tcl-Bugs-775220 ] misleading Tcl_TranslateFileName docs

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Bugs item #775220, was opened at 2003-07-21 15:29
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Category: 35. Pathname Management
Group: 8.4.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Don Porter (dgp)
Assigned to: Vince Darley (vincentdarley)
Summary: misleading Tcl_TranslateFileName docs

Initial Comment:

Documentation for Tcl_TranslateFileName says:

"This utility procedure translates a file name to a
form suitable for
passing to the local operating system. "

But that's not entirely true.

Notably the string returned by T_TFN is in 
Tcl's internal UTF-8 encoding.  For many
platforms, it must be converted to the
system encoding before passing on to
the operating system.

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