[Python-ideas] URLs/URIs + pathlib.Path + literal syntax = ?

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Paul Moore writes:

 > And the URL syntax for drive letters is at best inconsistent across
 > applications, and at worst undefined (I don't know if the standards
 > define it, but if they do, I do know that not all applications
 > follow the same rules).

AFAICS it only matters for the file scheme, for which see
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-appsawg-file-scheme.

That draft describes how several apps handle drive letters.