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diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst index 3b401fb..982b567 100644 --- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst @@ -133,11 +133,13 @@ we also call *flavours*: PureWindowsPath('c:/Program Files') Spurious slashes and single dots are collapsed, but double dots (``'..'``) - are not, since this would change the meaning of a path in the face of - symbolic links:: + and leading double slashes (``'//'``) are not, since this would change the + meaning of a path for various reasons (e.g. symbolic links, UNC paths):: >>> PurePath('foo//bar') PurePosixPath('foo/bar') + >>> PurePath('//foo/bar') + PurePosixPath('//foo/bar') >>> PurePath('foo/./bar') PurePosixPath('foo/bar') >>> PurePath('foo/../bar') @@ -166,13 +168,17 @@ we also call *flavours*: .. class:: PureWindowsPath(*pathsegments) A subclass of :class:`PurePath`, this path flavour represents Windows - filesystem paths:: + filesystem paths, including `UNC paths`_:: >>> PureWindowsPath('c:/Program Files/') PureWindowsPath('c:/Program Files') + >>> PureWindowsPath('//server/share/file') + PureWindowsPath('//server/share/file') *pathsegments* is specified similarly to :class:`PurePath`. + .. _unc paths: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_(computing)#UNC + Regardless of the system you're running on, you can instantiate all of these classes, since they don't provide any operation that does system calls. @@ -309,6 +315,27 @@ Pure paths provide the following methods and properties: >>> PureWindowsPath('//host/share').root '\\' + If the path starts with more than two successive slashes, + :class:`~pathlib.PurePosixPath` collapses them:: + + >>> PurePosixPath('//etc').root + '//' + >>> PurePosixPath('///etc').root + '/' + >>> PurePosixPath('////etc').root + '/' + + .. note:: + + This behavior conforms to *The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6*, + paragraph `4.11 *Pathname Resolution* <xbd_path_resolution>`_: + + *"A pathname that begins with two successive slashes may be interpreted in + an implementation-defined manner, although more than two leading slashes + shall be treated as a single slash."* + + .. xbd_path_resolution: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/xbd_chap04.html#tag_04_11 + .. data:: PurePath.anchor The concatenation of the drive and root:: |