Behaviour of os.path.join

[Rhodri James]

On 26/05/2020 18:01, BlindAnagram wrote:
> On 26/05/2020 17:09, Stefan Ram wrote:
>> Mats Wichmann <mats at python.org> writes:
>>> an absolute path is one that starts with the pathname separator.
>>
>>    The Python Library Reference does not use the term
>>    "pathname separator". It uses "directory separator"
>>    (os.sep) and "filename separator" ('/' on Unix).
>>
>>    On Windows:
>>
>> |>>> import pathlib
>> |>>> import os
>> |>>> pathlib.PureWindowsPath('\\').is_absolute()
>> |False
>> |>>> pathlib.PureWindowsPath(os.sep).is_absolute()
>> |False
>> |>>> pathlib.PureWindowsPath('/').is_absolute()
>> |False
> 
> Thanks, that seems to suggest that there is an issue and that I should
> hence submit this as an issue.

It is indeed most curious as to why this obviously absolute path is not 
recognised as such :-)

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Rhodri James *-* Kynesim Ltd