On 2023-05-31, Vishal Chandratreya <vpa...@gmail.com> wrote: > When an exception occurs, the full path to the file from which it > originates is displayed, but redundant elements are not removed. For > instance: > $ ./python ./foo > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/home/User/cpython/./foo", line 4, in <module> > a() > File "/home/User/cpython/./foo", line 3, in a > def a(): raise ValueError > ValueError > This happens because the function _Py_abspath (in Python/fileutils.c) > appends relative_path_to_file to absolute_path_to_current_working_directory. > Not sure if this should be treated as a bug, because the definition of > 'absolute path' is not clear. Does it mean a path starting from the root > directory, or a path without redundant elements?
The former: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/blog/classic-sysadmin-absolute-path-vs-relative-path-in-linux-unix -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
