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| author | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2013-03-17 19:21:26 (GMT) |
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| committer | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2013-03-17 19:21:26 (GMT) |
| commit | ec6e132987f5d8595e0177686a4e986c4c9c06fd (patch) | |
| tree | ef56cbca6149d99c75a1b20601c550400115c140 /Doc/library | |
| parent | a99dfd1ab6c3aa9b5a45556e799989f42ac9b7f6 (diff) | |
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Issue #17415: Clarify 'this' referent by moving containing sentence just after
the sentence referred to. Make other minor edits to improve flow.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/os.path.rst | 12 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst index 35d5e16..7a17d23 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst @@ -214,13 +214,11 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) .. function:: normpath(path) - Normalize a pathname. This collapses redundant separators and up-level - references so that ``A//B``, ``A/B/``, ``A/./B`` and ``A/foo/../B`` all become - ``A/B``. - - It does not normalize the case (use :func:`normcase` for that). On Windows, it - converts forward slashes to backward slashes. It should be understood that this - may change the meaning of the path if it contains symbolic links! + Normalize a pathname by collapsing redundant separators and up-level + references so that ``A//B``, ``A/B/``, ``A/./B`` and ``A/foo/../B`` all + become ``A/B``. This string manipulation may change the meaning of a path + that contains symbolic links. On Windows, it converts forward slashes to + backward slashes. To normalize case, use :func:`normcase`. .. function:: realpath(path) |