[ python-Bugs-1646838 ] os.path, %HOME% set: realpath contradicts expanduser on '~'

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Bugs item #1646838, was opened at 2007-01-29 09:07
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: wrstl prmpft (wrstlprmpft)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: os.path, %HOME% set: realpath contradicts expanduser on '~'

Initial Comment:
This might be intentional, but it is still confusing.

On Windows XP (german)::

  Python 2.5 (r25:51908, Sep 19 2006, 09:52:17) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]
  ...
  In [1]: import os.path as path
  
  In [2]: import os; os.environ['HOME']
  
  Out[2]: 'D:\\HOME'
  
  In [3]: path.realpath('~')
  
  Out[3]: 'C:\\Dokumente und Einstellungen\\wrstl\\~'
  
  In [4]: path.expanduser('~')
  
  Out[4]: 'D:\\HOME'


The cause:
realpath uses path._getfullpathname which seems to do the '~' expansion, while path.expanduser has special code to look for HOME* environment variables.

I would expect that the HOME setting should always be honored if expansion is done.

cheers,
stefan


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