Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Posted today on python-ideas with the mistaken title "os.path.argparse - optional startdir argument" by Wolfgang Maier (wolma). (He corrected in a second post, but too late.) Juancarlo AƱez pointed to pathlib.Path.resolve as a better alternative. Path joins and resolve combines the functions of os.path.abspath and os.path.normpath with a nicer syntax, and with OS awareness.
>>> p.Path('../../../Python27/lib', 'ast.py').resolve() WindowsPath('C:/Programs/Python27/Lib/ast.py') If one starts with a base Path, one can use '/' to join. >>> base = p.Path('.') >>> (base / '../../../Python27/lib' / 'ast.py').resolve() WindowsPath('C:/Programs/Python27/Lib/ast.py') In light of the above, I agree with Serhiy that this issue should be closed unless there is a surge of approval for the proposal. ---------- nosy: +terry.reedy status: pending -> open versions: +Python 3.5 -Python 3.2 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue9882> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com