[Python-Dev] problems building Python 2.1a1 on QNX 4.25

[Fredrik Lundh]

mal wrote:> > Ooh, very likely:
> > >>> os.path.normpath('//5/foo/bar')
> > '/5/foo/bar'
> > 
> > Isn't // at the root a Unix convention of some sort for some
> > network filesystems?  Probably normpath() should just leave it alone.
> 
> Samba uses //<hostname>/<mountname>/<path>. os.path.normpath()
> should probably leave the leading '//' untouched (having too
> many of those in the path doesn't do any harm, AFAIK).

from 1.5.2's posixpath:

def normpath(path):
    """Normalize path, eliminating double slashes, etc."""
    import string
    # Treat initial slashes specially
    slashes = ''
    while path[:1] == '/':
        slashes = slashes + '/'
        path = path[1:]
    ...
    return slashes + string.joinfields(comps, '/')

from 2.0's posixpath:

def normpath(path):
    """Normalize path, eliminating double slashes, etc."""
    if path == '':
        return '.'
    import string
    initial_slash = (path[0] == '/')
    ...
    if initial_slash:
        path = '/' + path
    return path or '.'

interesting...

Cheers /F