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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Fix `ntpath.normpath()` for drive-relative paths","articleBody":"# Bug report\n\n### Bug description:\n\nfrom @eryksun (https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/117855#discussion_r1581286073):\n\n\u003e Note that the behavior for normalizing drive-relative paths is currently wrong in this case on Windows:\n\u003e \n\u003e ```\n\u003e \u003e\u003e\u003e nt._path_normpath('C:./spam')\n\u003e 'C:.\\\\spam'\n\u003e ```\n\u003e \n\u003e That's the result that we want here when returning an explicit current directory for _internal use_, but that's not the expected behavior for `normpath()`. The fallback implementation that's used on POSIX gets it right:\n\u003e \n\u003e ```\n\u003e \u003e\u003e\u003e ntpath.normpath('C:./spam')\n\u003e 'C:spam'\n\u003e ```\n\n### CPython versions tested on:\n\nCPython main branch\n\n### Operating systems tested on:\n\nWindows\n\n\u003c!-- gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n### Linked PRs\n* gh-126801\n* gh-127103\n\u003c!-- /gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/nineteendo","@type":"Person","name":"nineteendo"},"datePublished":"2024-11-13T12:35:58.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":0},"url":"https://github.com/126780/cpython/issues/126780"}