[Python-Dev] posixpath module.
Fred L. Drake, Jr.
fdrake@beopen.com
Fri, 14 Jul 2000 19:52:50 -0400 (EDT)
Alex Coventry writes:
> I would have thought '/' would be a better result to return. My
I agree, feel free to propose a patch!
> impression was that normpath is used to tell whether two paths are
> actually the same, and if that's the case, its current behaviour is
> going to give false negatives. On the other hand, the code seems to
> explicitly ignore multiple leading /'s, and that will also give some
> false mismatches, so I must be confused somewhere...
I'd call that a bug until someone can justify the current behavior.
I'd love to see a patch for that as well.
-Fred
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Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake at beopen.com>
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