Backport of Guido's review of my patch.
diff --git a/Python/import.c b/Python/import.c
index 265afb9..6a4d22f 100644
--- a/Python/import.c
+++ b/Python/import.c
@@ -2996,12 +2996,12 @@
struct stat statbuf;
int rv;
-#ifdef MS_WINDOWS
- /* MS Windows' stat chokes on paths like C:\\path\\. Try to
- * recover *one* time by stripping of a trailing slash or
- * back slash. http://bugs.python.org/issue1293
- */
rv = stat(path, &statbuf);
+#ifdef MS_WINDOWS
+ /* MS Windows stat() chokes on paths like C:\path\. Try to
+ * recover *one* time by stripping off a trailing slash or
+ * backslash. http://bugs.python.org/issue1293
+ */
if (rv != 0 && pathlen <= MAXPATHLEN &&
(path[pathlen-1] == '/' || path[pathlen-1] == '\\')) {
char mangled[MAXPATHLEN+1];
@@ -3010,8 +3010,6 @@
mangled[pathlen-1] = '\0';
rv = stat(mangled, &statbuf);
}
-#else
- rv = stat(path, &statbuf);
#endif
if (rv == 0) {
/* it exists */