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

[Steve Dower]

Steve Dower <steve.dower at python.org> added the comment:

At this point, I'm inclined to say let's wait and see what the 3.8.0b4 feedback looks like.

Given that WSL has been fudging the boundaries here and hasn't suffered as a result, I don't expect much of a problem (and this change does actually make realpath() consistent between Windows native and WSL, which is nice). But I'm definitely open to making changes to this again if it turns out we need to.

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status: open -> closed

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