Function safeExpandUser

lib/core/common.py:2144–2161

Patch for a Python Issue18171 (http://bugs.python.org/issue18171) >>> os.path.basename(__file__) in safeExpandUser(__file__) True

(filepath)

def safeExpandUser(filepath):
    """
    Patch for a Python Issue18171 (http://bugs.python.org/issue18171)

    >>> os.path.basename(__file__) in safeExpandUser(__file__)
    True
    """

    retVal = filepath

    try:
        retVal = os.path.expanduser(filepath)
    except UnicodeError:
        _ = locale.getdefaultlocale()
        encoding = _[1] if _ and len(_) > 1 else UNICODE_ENCODING
        retVal = getUnicode(os.path.expanduser(filepath.encode(encoding)), encoding=encoding)

    return retVal

def safeStringFormat(format_, params):
    """