[Jython-bugs] [issue1361] urllib.pathname2url not working: os.path == 'java' but should not be?

[Christof <re...@bu...>]

New submission from Christof <ct...@gm...>:

urllib.py uses os.path to find out which version to use for functions
pathname2url and url2pathname. So it checks os.path for values of 'mac',
'nt'or 'riscos'. 

As in Jython 2.5RC3 os.path == 'java' (I always thought sys.platform
should contain java and not os.path) urllib falls back to a very
simplified version to just quote or unquote a filename.

Result (simplified example):

Python: 
>>> u.pathname2url(os.path.abspath('a/b'))
'///c|/programs/a/b'

Jython 
>>> u.pathname2url(os.path.abspath('a/b'))
'c%3A%5Cprograms2%5Ca%5Cb'

which obviously is not working. There even is a module nturl2path but it
is not used to the above problem.

Basically urllib.pathname2url is not useful at all :(

So I guess wether os.name is wrong or urllib needs fixing? thanks for
any help.

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components: Library
messages: 4763
nosy: Christof
severity: normal
status: open
title: urllib.pathname2url not working: os.path == 'java' but should not be?
versions: 25b3

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