Eric Smith wrote:
> Eric Smith <eric@trueblade.com> added the comment:
> 
>> So is this a cosmetic issue or a functional issue? 
> 
> It's a cosmetic issue.
> 
>> Also, even if it could figure that out, how would it know whether
>> a particular filename "stringification" with os.path.join() was 
>> intended for display to the user or to be passed to a Windows API?
> 
> The Windows API's (at least every one I've ever called) take either
> slashes or backslashes, so it wouldn't matter.

Just for information's sake, the shell APIs usually only accept backslashes.

TJG