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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Handle leading `//` for `posixpath.realpath`","articleBody":"# Bug report\n\n### Bug description:\n\n```python\n\u003e\u003e\u003e import posixpath\n\u003e\u003e\u003e posixpath.realpath(\"//foo\")\n'/foo'\n```\n\nExpected: `//foo` with precisely two leading slashes, see: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap04.html#tag_04_13\n\nThis can be quite easily solved using `posixpath.splitroot`, see the PR.\n\n### CPython versions tested on:\n\nCPython main branch\n\n### Operating systems tested on:\n\nmacOS\n\n\u003c!-- gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n### Linked PRs\n* gh-117340\n\u003c!-- /gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/nineteendo","@type":"Person","name":"nineteendo"},"datePublished":"2024-03-28T19:27:06.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":10},"url":"https://github.com/117338/cpython/issues/117338"}