[New-bugs-announce] [issue25577] os.path.dirname leave left quote and remove right one

[Raffaele Mancuso]

New submission from Raffaele Mancuso:

Python 3.4.3 (default, Jun 29 2015, 12:16:01) 
[GCC 5.1.1 20150618 (Red Hat 5.1.1-4)] on linux
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>>> import os
>>> dir = "\"ciao/come/stai/ciao.pdf\""
>>> dir
'"ciao/come/stai/ciao.pdf"'
>>> os.path.dirname(dir)
'"ciao/come/stai'

As you can see, dirname has removed the right quote, but not the left one.
The correct behaviour should be
'ciao/come/stai' (no quotes)
OR
'"ciao/come/stai"' (both quotes)
but never
'"ciao/come/stai' (only one quote)

This breaks other bash tools

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 254273
nosy: Raffaele Mancuso
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: os.path.dirname leave left quote and remove right one
versions: Python 3.4

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