Irit Katriel added the comment:
Closing as there doesn't seem to be interest in this currently. If you would
like to pursue it, please bring it up for discussion on python-ideas. The
semantics you request are not the only obvious option, so this needs to be
agreed.
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Irit Katriel added the comment:
Here is a case where the opposite was requested:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1179979
There they want the traceback to be the same regardless of which symlink the
script was found by.
I think a change like the one you are proposing
New submission from Paul Pinterits:
The file paths displayed in exception tracebacks have their symlinks resolved.
I would prefer if the "original" path could be displayed instead, because
resolved symlinks result in unexpected paths in the traceback and can be quite
confusing.
An example:
