Steve Dower <steve.do...@python.org> added the comment:

> Firstly, `os.path.expanduser()` is already documented to return the path 
> unchanged if the home directory can't be resolved:

Ah, too bad. Doesn't prevent us from changing it, but hopefully it means that 
everyone using it is already checking the result and not blindly using it.

> I can understand why this could be seen as change for change's sake. In fact 
> this code removal greatly aids my work towards addressing bpo-24132.

In light of this, did you mean to close the issue? Or do you still want to 
pursue making the change?

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