[Python-Dev] guidance sought: merging port related changes to Library modules

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Mark Hammond writes:
 > Before _getfullpathname() was added to the 'nt' module, there was an attempt
 > to import 'win32api', and if OK, use the equivilent function from that.
 > When I added the new function to 'nt', I removed that import check, in the
 > belief it would now always succeed.  This was obviously a bad call ;)  (FYI,
 > that was rev 1.35 of ntpath.py)
 > 
 > A patch that reinstates the code would be:
...
 > This should also solve the test case problem.

I haven't tested this, but it looks OK to me.  Feel free to check it
in.  Thanks!


  -Fred

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