pathlib should allow converting to absolute paths without resolving symlinks

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
15/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
operating-systems

Research direction

The issue concerns pathlib and requests an absolute-path operation that does not resolve symlinks. First check the superseding issue bpo-29688 and the current pathlib implementation and tests; treat this issue as closed duplicate work rather than starting a new change.

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Description

stdlib type-feature
BPO 25012
Nosy @pitrou, @serhiy-storchaka, @eryksun
Superseder
  • bpo-29688: Add support for Path.absolute()
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2021-03-17.07:10:19.721>
created_at = <Date 2015-09-05.22:05:48.160>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library']
title = 'pathlib should allow converting to absolute paths without resolving symlinks'
updated_at = <Date 2021-03-17.07:10:19.720>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/mumind'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2021-03-17.07:10:19.720>
actor = 'eryksun'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2021-03-17.07:10:19.721>
closer = 'eryksun'
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2015-09-05.22:05:48.160>
creator = 'mu_mind'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 25012
keywords = []
message_count = 8.0
messages = ['249936', '249941', '249968', '250129', '250139', '250167', '250208', '250209']
nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['pitrou', 'mu_mind', 'serhiy.storchaka', 'eryksun', 'Socob']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'duplicate'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = '29688'
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue25012'
versions = ['Python 3.6']

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