Is this a bug?

[Alex Martelli]

"Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote in message
news:8a7L6.1640$Yu6.404853 at newsc.telia.net...
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>     http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html#6.29
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>     ...
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>     If you're trying to build Windows pathnames, note that all
>     Windows system calls accept forward slashes too:
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>         f = open("/mydir/file.txt") # works fine!

Hmmm, I wonder if this needs updating -- it's true for what
Python exposes in builtins, module os, etc, but not for what
comes in via win32all, I believe... the /-acceptance is in the
C runtime libraries (generally) and not in the "system calls"
themselves (Windows APIs).


Alex