Emily Morehouse <[email protected]> added the comment:
The os.path conventions do follow, '' and '.' are not treated the same here
either --
>>> os.path.exists('')
False
>>> os.path.exists('.')
True
>>> os.path.isdir('')
False
>>> os.path.isdir('.')
True
The only os.path function that I see as potentially confusing in this
discussion is dirname, as that can return an empty string which yields
unexpected results when used as an argument for other functions.
>>> os.path.dirname('testdir')
''
>>> os.path.dirname('./testdir')
'.'
However, changing this functionality (e.g. os.path.dirname('testdir') returning
'.') would result in backward-compatibility issues that would not be warranted
(IMO).
I'll leave the final word to Serhiy to close out as 'not a bug' at his
discretion.
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assignee: -> emilyemorehouse
nosy: +serhiy.storchaka
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