New submission from Giampaolo Rodola': The current os.path.isabs documentation says:
> isabs(path) > Return True if path is an absolute pathname (begins with a slash). The "begins with a slash" part is incorrect since certain systems use a different pathname notation. For example, on Macintosh (where os.sep == ":") this is an absolute pathname: hardDriveName:folderName1:folderName2:fileName.ext ...and this is a relative one: :folderName1:fileName.ext Moreover, on Windows os.path.isabs('\\') returns True since '\\' is an alias for the current drive letter (e.g. C:\\) hence, independently from what said before, the documentation should include also the "backslash" term. I think it would be better removing the "(begins with a slash)" part at all. ---------- components: Documentation messages: 61691 nosy: giampaolo.rodola severity: normal status: open title: os.path.isabs documentation error versions: Python 2.4, Python 2.5, Python 2.6, Python 3.0 __________________________________ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue1933> __________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com