Tim Golden <m...@timgolden.me.uk> added the comment: Eric Smith wrote: > Eric Smith <e...@trueblade.com> added the comment: > >> So is this a cosmetic issue or a functional issue? > > It's a cosmetic issue. > >> Also, even if it could figure that out, how would it know whether >> a particular filename "stringification" with os.path.join() was >> intended for display to the user or to be passed to a Windows API? > > The Windows API's (at least every one I've ever called) take either > slashes or backslashes, so it wouldn't matter.
Just for information's sake, the shell APIs usually only accept backslashes. TJG ---------- nosy: +tim.golden title: path separator output ignores shell's path separator: / instead of \ -> path separator output ignores shell's path separator: / instead of \ _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6208> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
