WIP: modify os.path.* behavior in site-packages.

[ghost]

This is currently a concept to repair errors such as #2438. Further work may occur if the idea is approved.

[htgoebel]

I don't think its a good idea adding such magic to PyInstaller. Its against the Zen of Python, esp. "Explicit is better than implicit", "Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules" and "In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess".

If we start patching os.listdir, os.isfile, and os.islink, why not os.stat, open() and file()? Wouldn't we need to patch the whole pythonlib to do it right? And then one comes with a C-extension which will fail. So where would this end if we want to make it correctly?

So, to be frank: I will not accept such a patch. Sorry that you already send time on this.

[ghost]

So, to be frank: I will not accept such a patch. Sorry that you already send time on this.

No, it's fine. It's just 13 lines to sample the idea.