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Author	serhiy.storchaka
Recipients	brett.cannon, pitrou, serhiy.storchaka, yselivanov
Date	2018-06-02.04:29:45
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Message-id	<1527913786.08.0.81473610881.issue33739@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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Note that 'a/b/c/..' is not the same as 'a/b' if 'c' is a link. And since "p / ..." looks very similar to "p / '..'", it will cause mistakes. "p.parent" is more explicit. AFAIK in cmd.exe on Windows 'a/b/c/...' means 'a/b/c/../..'. This is yet one source of confusion.

Note that 'a/b/c/..' is not the same as 'a/b' if 'c' is a link. And since "p / ..." looks very similar to "p / '..'", it will cause mistakes. "p.parent" is more explicit.

AFAIK in cmd.exe on Windows 'a/b/c/...' means 'a/b/c/../..'. This is yet one source of confusion.

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2018-06-02 04:29:45	serhiy.storchaka	create