Pathlib absolute() vs. resolve()

[pf_moore (Paul Moore)]

@storchaka

Path.absolute() is redundant. Currently it is exactly equivalent to Path.cwd() / path . Having one obvious way we do not need other way for getting the same

>>> Path.cwd() / Path("D:x")
WindowsPath('D:x')
>>> Path("D:x").resolve()
WindowsPath('D:/x')
>>> (Path.cwd() / Path("D:x")).is_absolute()
False
>>> Path("D:x").resolve().is_absolute()
True

I know this comes under the heading of “it’s complicated”, but I’d consider “returns an absolute path” to be a key requirement of any request to make a path absolute