Eryk Sun added the comment:
> os.path.realpath() normalizes paths before resolving links
> on Windows
Normalizing the input path is required in order to be consistent with the
Windows file API. OTOH, the target path of a relative symlink gets resolved in
a POSIX-ly correct manner in the ker
New submission from Barney Gale :
Capturing a write-up by eryksun on GitHub into a new bug.
Link: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/25264#pullrequestreview-631787754
> `nt._getfinalpathname()` opens a handle to a file/directory with
> `CreateFileW()` and calls `GetFinalPathNameByHandleW(
