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Created on 2008-01-25 21:53 by giampaolo.rodola, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.
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| msg61691 - (view) | Author: Giampaolo Rodola' (giampaolo.rodola) *  |
Date: 2008-01-25 21:53 | |
The current os.path.isabs documentation says:
> isabs(path)
> Return True if path is an absolute pathname (begins with a slash).
The "begins with a slash" part is incorrect since certain systems use a
different pathname notation.
For example, on Macintosh (where os.sep == ":") this is an absolute
pathname:
hardDriveName:folderName1:folderName2:fileName.ext
...and this is a relative one:
:folderName1:fileName.ext
Moreover, on Windows os.path.isabs('\\') returns True since '\\' is an
alias for the current drive letter (e.g. C:\\) hence, independently from
what said before, the documentation should include also the "backslash"
term.
I think it would be better removing the "(begins with a slash)" part at all.
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| msg61694 - (view) | Author: Giampaolo Rodola' (giampaolo.rodola) * |
Date: 2008-01-25 21:58 | |
Sorry but I had problem with my browser and I submitted the report twice: http://bugs.python.org/issue1934 Could someone please close this one? |
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| Date | User | Action | Args |
| 2022-04-11 14:56:30 | admin | set | github: 46227 |
| 2008-01-26 01:48:48 | mark.dickinson | set | status: open -> closed resolution: duplicate |
| 2008-01-25 21:58:52 | giampaolo.rodola | set | messages: + msg61694 |
| 2008-01-25 21:53:10 | giampaolo.rodola | create | |