New submission from Bernard Lang:
The empty path '' is considered as an acceptable path in os.path.join, and
works as a neutral prefix:
print os.path.join('','aaa') === aaa
which seems rather natural.
But it raises an exception when used as a parameter to os.listdir.
Logically, it should
Bernard Lang added the comment:
Reply to R.David.Murray
See also issue 6095.
You are right. I goofed, this is the issue I meant to point to.
$ ls ''
ls: cannot access : No such file or directory
So, the behavior is consistent with the shell.
This is a fair remark.
But still, giving
Bernard Lang added the comment:
Thank you, David.
BTW, I sent a message on april 20 to d...@python.org about a bug in
the documentation regarding os.readlink(path)
on page http://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html
and proposing an alternative text.
I got no reply.
This was not long ago
