Why os.path.isabs("/") on Windows returns True?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2008-02-01, Giampaolo Rodola' <gnewsg at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to solve a jython-related issue and I discovered a
> different behavior affecting os.path.isabs between CPython and
> Jython.

[...]

> Is there a reason why "/" is considered an absolute pathname
> by CPython?

Sure seems like a bug to me.  On Unix, "/" is an absolute path.
On windows, "/" is relative to the current device.

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