[issue13969] path name must always be string (or None)

Changes by Éric Araujo : -- resolution: -> out of date stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue13969] path name must always be string (or None)

Éric Araujo added the comment: Hm, that function is for internal use only, and our code always passes a string, so I’m not sure a type check is useful. -- ___ Python tracker __

[issue13969] path name must always be string (or None)

Changes by Tshepang Lekhonkhobe : -- assignee: -> tarek components: +Distutils2 nosy: +alexis, eric.araujo, tarek title: path name must always be string -> path name must always be string (or None) versions: +Python 3.3 ___ Python tracker

[issue13969] path name must always be string

New submission from Tshepang Lekhonkhobe : I was writing a test that could return True for "if not pathname" (http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/58bd6a58365d/Lib/packaging/util.py#l109), and included all values I know that could return a False value, but then I realised that the only value we s