[PATCH 3 of 5] Add util.splitpath() and use it instead of using split() directly

[Matt Mackall]

On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 21:26 +0900, Shun-ichi Goto wrote:
> # HG changeset patch
> # User Shun-ichi GOTO <shunichi.goto at gmail.com>
> # Date 1199621785 -32400
> # Node ID e7739db328e05cf824c8d5f3bf6d694e15bb0d02
> # Parent  43ff7c5ed8446a721a7bad5655ddd59f8fc62e7b
> Add util.splitpath() and use it instead of using split() directly.
> 
> This is required for workaround of 0x5c issue.
> 
> +def splitpath(path):
> +    '''Split path by os.sep with supporting mbcs local encoding.'''
> +    return path.split(os.sep)
> +

Confused, how does this do anything with mbcs? Also, given 2 of 2, what
about os.altsep?

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