os.altsep is None under Windows

[glchapman]

BPO	709428
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[glchapman]

With both 2.3a2 and 2.22, os.altsep is None under
Windows. This does not match the documentation,
which states (in part): 'This is set to "/" on Windows
systems where sep is a backslash.' (Perhaps this is a
documentation bug.)

[gvanrossum]

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Not a doc bug. This seems to have been lost somehow!

[gvanrossum]

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Skip, I think you might know more about this?

[smontanaro]

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checked in as ntpath.py v 1.57 - also backported to 2.2 branch
(os.py 1.50.8.7). altsep on Windows was None before I migrated stuff to
ntpath.py. I don't think it was ever not None on Windows.

[gvanrossum]

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How strange. It was my intention for it to be '/' but
somehow it didn't get set. Thanks!