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Re: Python os.path.join inconsistency?


Andres,

On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 01:29:38PM -0400, Andres Corrada-Emmanuel wrote:
> Does it not seem inconsistent that if Cygwin Python understands how to
> execute:
> 
> file( 'c:/foo/bar' ) as well as file( '/cygdrive/c/foo/bar' )
> 
> it should also treat Windows style paths correctly with os.path.join?
> In other words, it seems that Python on Cygwin cannot default to using
> posixpath.py for os.path. It's got to be posixpath.py with some
> additional magic to get it to do os.path.join correctly.

The above is debatable.  You may want to try asking on one of the Python
lists.

> How does one go about submitting a patch for Cygwin Python?

See the following:

    http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=5470&atid=305470

Jason

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