+if compat_os_name == 'nt' and sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+ # os.path.realpath on Windows does not follow symbolic links
+ # prior to Python 3.8 (see https://bugs.python.org/issue9949)
+ def compat_realpath(path):
+ while os.path.islink(path):
+ path = os.path.abspath(os.readlink(path))
+ return path
+else:
+ compat_realpath = os.path.realpath
+
+