Bug #1688564: document os.path.join's absolute path behavior in the docstring.
diff --git a/Lib/ntpath.py b/Lib/ntpath.py
index 99d7a4a..06b2293 100644
--- a/Lib/ntpath.py
+++ b/Lib/ntpath.py
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@
# Join two (or more) paths.
def join(a, *p):
- """Join two or more pathname components, inserting "\\" as needed"""
+ """Join two or more pathname components, inserting "\\" as needed.
+ If any component is an absolute path, all previous path components
+ will be discarded."""
path = a
for b in p:
b_wins = 0 # set to 1 iff b makes path irrelevant