[Python-checkins] bpo-34931: [doc] clarify behavior of os.path.splitext() on paths with multiple leading periods (GH-30347)
iritkatriel
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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/51700bf08b0dd4baf998440b2ebfaa488a2855ba
commit: 51700bf08b0dd4baf998440b2ebfaa488a2855ba
branch: main
author: Irit Katriel <1055913+iritkatriel at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: iritkatriel <1055913+iritkatriel at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2022-01-03T20:10:07Z
summary:
bpo-34931: [doc] clarify behavior of os.path.splitext() on paths with multiple leading periods (GH-30347)
files:
M Doc/library/os.path.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
index a66b3c5a3a990..6b15a113f5450 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
@@ -501,11 +501,16 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
>>> splitext('foo.bar.exe')
('foo.bar', '.exe')
+ >>> splitext('/foo/bar.exe')
+ ('/foo/bar', '.exe')
- Leading periods on the basename are ignored::
+ Leading periods of the last component of the path are considered to
+ be part of the root::
>>> splitext('.cshrc')
('.cshrc', '')
+ >>> splitext('/foo/....jpg')
+ ('/foo/....jpg', '')
.. versionchanged:: 3.6
Accepts a :term:`path-like object`.
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