Feature or enhancement

Proposal:

ntpath.abspath() doesn't always return an absolute path:

>>> import ntpath
>>> ntpath.abspath('C:\x00')
'C:\x00' # instead of 'C:\\Users\\wanne\\\x00'
>>> ntpath.abspath('\x00:')
'\x00:' # instead of '\x00:\\'

Has this already been discussed elsewhere?

This is a minor feature, which does not need previous discussion elsewhere

Links to previous discussion of this feature:

• Speedup posixpath.abspath() for relative paths #117587

Linked PRs

• gh-119826: ntpath.abspath() always return absolute path #119938
• [3.12] gh-119826: Improved fallback for ntpath.abspath() on Windows (GH-119938) #127534
• [3.13] gh-119826: Improved fallback for ntpath.abspath() on Windows (GH-119938) #127535