[New-bugs-announce] [issue26429] os.path.dirname returns empty string instead of "." when file is in current directory

[Chaitanya Mannem]

New submission from Chaitanya Mannem:

Don't know if this is for windows compatibility or whatever but I think it makes more sense if os.path.dirname would return "." if the file passed in was in the current directory.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 260821
nosy: Chaitanya Mannem
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: os.path.dirname returns empty string instead of "." when file is in current directory
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6

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