IPython/utils/path.py: If os.path.exists cannot handle a unicode …

…path, as has been found in some cases, go ahead and convert to a `byte` path, which is hopefully supported.
ellisonbg · Oct 9, 2015 · 3b221ff · 3b221ff
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diff --git a/IPython/utils/path.py b/IPython/utils/path.py
@@ -437,6 +437,13 @@ def ensure_dir_exists(path, mode=0o755):
 
     The default permissions are 755, which differ from os.makedirs default of 777.
     """
+    path_exists = False
+    try:
+        path_exists = os.path.exists(path)
+    except UnicodeEncodeError:
+        path = path.encode("utf8")
+        path_exists = os.path.exists(path)
+
     if not os.path.exists(path):
         try:
             os.makedirs(path, mode=mode)