[Python-checkins] r57353 - python/trunk/Lib/ntpath.py python/trunk/Lib/posixpath.py
georg.brandl
python-checkins at python.org
Thu Aug 23 23:27:58 CEST 2007
Author: georg.brandl
Date: Thu Aug 23 23:27:57 2007
New Revision: 57353
Modified:
python/trunk/Lib/ntpath.py
python/trunk/Lib/posixpath.py
Log:
Bug #1688564: document os.path.join's absolute path behavior in the docstring.
Modified: python/trunk/Lib/ntpath.py
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Lib/ntpath.py (original)
+++ python/trunk/Lib/ntpath.py Thu Aug 23 23:27:57 2007
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@
# Join two (or more) paths.
def join(a, *p):
- """Join two or more pathname components, inserting "\\" as needed"""
+ """Join two or more pathname components, inserting "\\" as needed.
+ If any component is an absolute path, all previous path components
+ will be discarded."""
path = a
for b in p:
b_wins = 0 # set to 1 iff b makes path irrelevant
Modified: python/trunk/Lib/posixpath.py
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Lib/posixpath.py (original)
+++ python/trunk/Lib/posixpath.py Thu Aug 23 23:27:57 2007
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@
# Insert a '/' unless the first part is empty or already ends in '/'.
def join(a, *p):
- """Join two or more pathname components, inserting '/' as needed"""
+ """Join two or more pathname components, inserting '/' as needed.
+ If any component is an absolute path, all previous path components
+ will be discarded."""
path = a
for b in p:
if b.startswith('/'):
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