String handling bug in Python

[David Bolen]

Tim Peters <tim.one at comcast.net> writes:

> Forward slashes are easier for almost everyone to type than backward
> slashes, and work fine on Windows.  Paths using forward slashes also run
> 13-17 times faster in Python code, due to Python's Unix heritage <wink>.

Just as an FYI, forward slashes don't actually work *everywhere* on
Windows - there are notable UNC names that must use \\ as a prefix and
won't accept // in the API.  It's not that common but I've been bitten
by it in the past.

But they definitely work in any local file API.

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