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authorR David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>2013-07-12 21:43:53 (GMT)
committerR David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>2013-07-12 21:43:53 (GMT)
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#18389: Clarify that relpath does not access the file system.
Initial patch by Madison May.
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@@ -233,8 +233,10 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
.. function:: relpath(path, start=None)
- Return a relative filepath to *path* either from the current directory or from
- an optional *start* point.
+ Return a relative filepath to *path* either from the current directory or
+ from an optional *start* directory. This is a path computation: the
+ filesystem is not accessed to confirm the existence or nature of *path* or
+ *start*.
*start* defaults to :attr:`os.curdir`.