[New-bugs-announce] [issue42493] pathlib.Path.__eq__ should test normalized path

[Austin Scola]

New submission from Austin Scola <austinscola at gmail.com>:

I think it would be more useful for the pathlib.Path.__eq__ method to test the normalized path (not sure if normalized is the right terminology here).

As a concrete example I think that `PosixPath('/foo')` should equal `PosixPath('/foo/../foo')`. This is because functionally the two paths are equivalent.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 382015
nosy: ascola
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: pathlib.Path.__eq__ should test normalized path
type: behavior

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