Barney Gale <barney.g...@gmail.com> added the comment:
The only design flaw mentioned in that thread is that `os.path.expanduser()` returns the input unchanged if expansion fails, which is not very pythonic. However, such a problem doesn't necessitate a rewrite of `os.path.expanduser()`. Checking `result[:1]` is enough. I think there's also a difference in the Windows heuristic in that pathlib checks whether `basename(%HOMEPATH%) == %USERNAME%` whereas `ntpath.expanduser` doesn't. But if that's really an issue it should probably be fixed in `ntpath` IMO, rather than having divergent implementations. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue39899> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
