Issue #4797: IOError.filename was not set when _fileio.FileIO failed to open

file with `str' filename on Windows.

Misc/NEWS

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.7 alpha 1
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #4797: IOError.filename was not set when _fileio.FileIO failed to open
+  file with `str' filename on Windows.
+
 - Issue #3680: Reference cycles created through a dict, set or deque iterator
   did not get collected.
 

Modules/_fileio.c

@@ -265,10 +265,11 @@ fileio_init(PyObject *oself, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 		Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
 		if (self->fd < 0) {
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
+			if (widename != NULL)
 				PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithUnicodeFilename(PyExc_IOError, widename);
-#else
-			PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilename(PyExc_IOError, name);
+			else
 #endif
+				PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilename(PyExc_IOError, name);
 			goto error;
 		}
 		if(dircheck(self, name) < 0)