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os.path.isabs documentation error #46227

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giampaolo opened this issue Jan 25, 2008 · 2 comments
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os.path.isabs documentation error #46227

giampaolo opened this issue Jan 25, 2008 · 2 comments
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BPO 1933
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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.

@giampaolo giampaolo added the docs Documentation in the Doc dir label Jan 25, 2008
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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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