Tim Golden added the comment: I'm going to close this as won't fix: the underlying implementation is simply calling GetFullPathName and removal of trailing spaces doesn't seem too surprising a result. It is possible to manipulate such files using Windows' special \\?\C:\... syntax.
While I admit this could catch you out if you were trying to nail an illegal-but-existent filename, we try not to put warnings in the docs for every cornercase lest they become cluttered. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue18221> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
