os.listdir can return byte strings

BPO | [3187](https://bugs.python.org/issue3187)
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Nosy | @gvanrossum, @loewis, @birkenfeld, @amauryfa, @pitrou, @vstinner, @benjaminp, @djc
Files | <li>[posix_path_bytes.patch](https://bugs.python.org/file11212/posix_path_bytes.patch "Uploaded as text/plain at 2008-08-22.15:19:39 by @vstinner"): Patch posixpath.join() to support bytes</li><li>[io_byte_filename.patch](https://bugs.python.org/file11213/io_byte_filename.patch "Uploaded as text/plain at 2008-08-22.15:33:58 by @vstinner"): open() allows bytes filename</li><li>[fnmatch_bytes.patch](https://bugs.python.org/file11215/fnmatch_bytes.patch "Uploaded as text/plain at 2008-08-22.16:53:48 by @vstinner"): Patch fnmatch.filter() to accept bytes filenames</li><li>[glob1_bytes.patch](https://bugs.python.org/file11216/glob1_bytes.patch "Uploaded as text/plain at 2008-08-22.16:54:49 by @vstinner"): Fix glob.glob() to accept invalid directory name</li><li>[listdir_encoding_warning.patch](https://bugs.python.org/file11549/listdir_encoding_warning.patch "Uploaded as text/plain at 2008-09-21.23:48:14 by @benjaminp")</li><li>[warn_at_the_end.patch](https://bugs.python.org/file11550/warn_at_the_end.patch "Uploaded as text/plain at 2008-09-21.23:48:36 by @benjaminp")</li><li>[raise_decoding_errors.patch](https://bugs.python.org/file11581/raise_decoding_errors.patch "Uploaded as text/plain at 2008-09-23.23:05:40 by @benjaminp")</li><li>[force_unicode.patch](https://bugs.python.org/file11630/force_unicode.patch "Uploaded as text/plain at 2008-09-27.00:48:24 by @benjaminp")</li><li>[getcwd_bytes.patch](https://bugs.python.org/file11632/getcwd_bytes.patch "Uploaded as text/plain at 2008-09-27.14:50:29 by @vstinner"): getcwd() returns bytes if unicode conversion fails</li><li>[merge_os_getcwd_getcwdu.patch](https://bugs.python.org/file11652/merge_os_getcwd_getcwdu.patch "Uploaded as text/plain at 2008-09-29.12:51:31 by @vstinner"): Remove os.getcwdu(); os.getcwd(bytes=True) returns bytes</li><li>[os_getcwdb.patch](https://bugs.python.org/file11655/os_getcwdb.patch "Uploaded as text/plain at 2008-09-29.15:58:45 by @vstinner"): Fix getcwd() (use PyUnicode_Decode) and create getcwdb()->bytes</li><li>[python3_bytes_filename.patch](https://bugs.python.org/file11658/python3_bytes_filename.patch "Uploaded as text/plain at 2008-09-30.01:08:09 by @vstinner"): Patch for an initial support of bytes filename in Python3</li><li>[setfsenc.diff](https://bugs.python.org/file11663/setfsenc.diff "Uploaded as text/plain at 2008-09-30.15:21:14 by @loewis")</li><li>[python3_bytes_filename-3.patch](https://bugs.python.org/file11680/python3_bytes_filename-3.patch "Uploaded as text/plain at 2008-10-02.17:10:44 by @vstinner"): Patch for an initial support of bytes filename in Python3 (version 3)</li><li>[win32-bytes-filenames.patch](https://bugs.python.org/file11685/win32-bytes-filenames.patch "Uploaded as text/plain at 2008-10-03.01:45:39 by @amauryfa")</li><li>[macpath.patch](https://bugs.python.org/file11693/macpath.patch "Uploaded as text/plain at 2008-10-03.21:21:22 by @amauryfa")</li><li>[library_os_doc.patch](https://bugs.python.org/file11721/library_os_doc.patch "Uploaded as text/plain at 2008-10-06.23:34:56 by @vstinner")</li>

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closed_at = <Date 2008-10-07.07:12:42.880>
created_at = <Date 2008-06-24.10:28:25.633>
labels = ['type-bug', 'docs']
title = 'os.listdir can return byte strings'
updated_at = <Date 2008-10-07.07:12:42.879>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/HWJ'
```

bugs.python.org fields:
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closed_date = <Date 2008-10-07.07:12:42.880>
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versions = ['Python 3.0']
```

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BPO	3187
Nosy	@gvanrossum, @loewis, @birkenfeld, @amauryfa, @pitrou, @vstinner, @benjaminp, @djc
Files	posix_path_bytes.patch: Patch posixpath.join() to support bytes io_byte_filename.patch: open() allows bytes filename fnmatch_bytes.patch: Patch fnmatch.filter() to accept bytes filenames glob1_bytes.patch: Fix glob.glob() to accept invalid directory name listdir_encoding_warning.patch warn_at_the_end.patch raise_decoding_errors.patch force_unicode.patch getcwd_bytes.patch: getcwd() returns bytes if unicode conversion fails merge_os_getcwd_getcwdu.patch: Remove os.getcwdu(); os.getcwd(bytes=True) returns bytes os_getcwdb.patch: Fix getcwd() (use PyUnicode_Decode) and create getcwdb()->bytes python3_bytes_filename.patch: Patch for an initial support of bytes filename in Python3 setfsenc.diff python3_bytes_filename-3.patch: Patch for an initial support of bytes filename in Python3 (version 3) win32-bytes-filenames.patch macpath.patch library_os_doc.patch

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