[Python-Dev] The desired behaviour for resolve() when the path doesn't exist

[Vajrasky Kok]

Dear friends,

This is related with ticket 19717: "resolve() fails when the path
doesn't exist".

Assuming /home/cutecat exists but not /home/cutecat/aa,

what is the desired output of
Path('/home/cutecat/aa/bb/cc').resolve(strict=False)?

Should it be:

"/home/cutecat" (the existed path only),
"/home/cutecat/aa" (the first non-existed path; my current strategy), or
"/home/cutecat/aa/bb/cc" (the default behaviour of os.path.realpath)?

Vajrasky