[issue44316] Support preserving path meaning in os.path.normpath() and abspath()

Eryk Sun added the comment: I think separate keep_curdir and keep_pardir options is over-complicating the signature. Also, I'd prefer to remove a dot component if it's not the first component since there's no reason to keep it. If you plan to use normpath() in pathlib, then the case for spec

[issue44316] Support preserving path meaning in os.path.normpath() and abspath()

Barney Gale added the comment: I think I agree How would you feel about two new arguments? Following `os.curdir` and `os.pardir` names: def normpath(path, *, keep_curdir=False, keep_pardir=False) ... -- ___ Python tracker

[issue44316] Support preserving path meaning in os.path.normpath() and abspath()

Eryk Sun added the comment: > single dots are collapsed For pathlib, I've previously discussed a desire to retain a leading dot component from the initializing path. This could be implemented in strict mode for normpath(). A leading dot is significant in the path of an executable in a sear

[issue44316] Support preserving path meaning in os.path.normpath() and abspath()

Barney Gale added the comment: For this bug specifically, the pathlib docs describe the desirable behaviour: Spurious slashes and single dots are collapsed, but double dots ('..') are not, since this would change the meaning of a path in the face of symbolic links: >>> PurePath('foo//bar')

[issue44316] Support preserving path meaning in os.path.normpath() and abspath()

Barney Gale added the comment: Thanks Terry, I've added a topic here: https://discuss.python.org/t/pathlib-and-os-path-code-duplication-and-feature-parity/9239 The bit about `normpath()` is towards the middle of the post. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue44316] Support preserving path meaning in os.path.normpath() and abspath()

Change by Barney Gale : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +25279 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/26694 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue44316] Support preserving path meaning in os.path.normpath() and abspath()

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I think you should propose this for discussion on python-ideas list to try for more support. If you can, say more about why reconsider. -- nosy: +terry.reedy versions: +Python 3.11 ___ Python tracker

[issue44316] Support preserving path meaning in os.path.normpath() and abspath()

New submission from Barney Gale : >>> os.path.normpath('a/./b/../c//.') 'a/c' >>> pathlib.Path('a/./b/../c//.') PosixPath('a/b/../c') pathlib takes care not to change the meaning of the path when normalising. That means preserving '..' entries, as these can't be simplified without resolving s