Have a `.realpath` classmethod in pathlib.Path

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I also found myself in a situation where it wasn’t entirely clear what resolve() is supposed to do.

Would something like the following be meaningful, feasible?

Path.resolve(
    strict: bool = False,
    make_absolute: bool = True,
    resolve_symlinks: bool = True,
    expand_user: bool = False,
    expand_environment_variables: bool = False,
    # some more, maybe platform specific things
    # (Windows mount points, etc.)
)

Give the user the choice.