[Python-Dev] posixpath module.

[Alex Coventry]

> > Should posixpath.expandvars throw a SyntaxError if it encounters
> > unbalanced curly braces?
> 
> probably not; code using it might not be prepared
> to handle an exception...
> 
> what does the Unix shell do in this case?

It gives an error:

athena% echo ${HOME
Missing }.
athena% echo ${HOME}
/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/a/l/alex_c
athena%

You're probably right about backwards compatibility being worth more
than compatibility with Unix in this case, though.

Alex.