[issue2289] os.path.normpath over-normalizes

Alexander Belopolsky report at bugs.python.org
Sun Mar 16 18:00:30 CET 2008


Alexander Belopolsky <belopolsky at users.sourceforge.net> added the comment:

This is a documented feature:

"""
normpath(path)

Normalize a pathname. ... It should be understood that this may change 
the meaning of the path if it contains symbolic links!
"""

See http://docs.python.org/lib/module-os.path.html .

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nosy: +belopolsky
type: behavior -> feature request

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