'import' operator doesn't work with unicode non 7-bit ASCII module names (OS: windows)

[ValeryLesin]

BPO	10081
Nosy	@brettcannon
Superseder	bpo-9425: Rewrite import machinery to work with unicode paths

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closed_at = <Date 2010-10-13.16:48:37.302>
created_at = <Date 2010-10-13.08:32:47.154>
labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-bug', 'expert-unicode']
title = "'import' operator doesn't work with unicode non 7-bit ASCII module names (OS: windows)"
updated_at = <Date 2010-10-13.16:48:37.301>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/ValeryLesin'

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components = ['Interpreter Core', 'Unicode']
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type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue10081'
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[ValeryLesin]

OS: windows

The attempt to import module with non 7-bit ASCII name results in
'ImportError: No module named <module name>' exception.

Some thoughts: import.c uses functions like fopen, stat and FindFirstFile which wouldn't work correctly with non 7-bit ASCII filenames in Windows.

[brettcannon]

This is a duplicate of 9425