So I was curious what translate_path does: def translate_path(self, path): """Translate a /-separated PATH to the local filename syntax. C

So I was curious what translate_path does: def translate_path(self, path): """Translate a /-separated PATH to the local filename syntax. Components that mean special things to the local file system (e.g. drive or directory names) are ignored. (XXX They should probably be diagnosed.) """ # abandon query parameters path = path.split('?',1)[0] path = path.split('#',1)[0] path = posixpath.normpath(urllib.unquote(path)) words = path.split('/') words = filter(None, words) path = os.getcwd() for word in words: drive, word = os.path.splitdrive(word) head, word = os.path.split(word) if word in (os.curdir, os.pardir): continue path = os.path.join(path, word) return path That... that doesn't make any sense.