[issue42170] splitdrive fails for UNC path with the "\\?\UNC\" prefix.

[Quentin Peter]

New submission from Quentin Peter <qpeter at bluewin.ch>:

Python 3.7.6 (default, Jan  8 2020, 20:23:39) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)]
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IPython 7.18.1 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.

In [1]: import os.path

In [2]: os.path.splitdrive(r"\\machine\mountpoint\directory")
Out[2]: ('\\\\machine\\mountpoint', '\\directory')

In [3]: os.path.splitdrive(r"\\?\UNC\machine\mountpoint\directory")
Out[3]: ('\\\\?\\UNC', '\\machine\\mountpoint\\directory')

In [4]:

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