[issue9949] os.path.realpath on Windows does not follow symbolic links

[Daniel Harding]

Daniel Harding <dharding at gmail.com> added the comment:

The previous version of this patch did not handle bytes arguments correctly and could fail in conjunction with a non-ASCII compatible encoding.  Also, if the result was a UNC path, it was not being handled correctly (the returned value would have started with a single backslash, not two).  Version 3 of the patch fixes these issues.  I am also attaching a single, condensed patch as requested by the Lifecycle of a Patch devguide.  I can also provide a patch series as before if desired.

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keywords: +patch
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file25810/issue9949-v3.patch

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