resolve raises a WindowsError in py2.7 when a path does not exist.

[danbradham]

the resolve method is not behaving as expected in python2.7 when called with a path that does not exist.

Expected behavior

Python 3.6.4 (v3.6.4:d48eceb, Dec 19 2017, 06:54:40) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from pathlib import Path
>>> Path('~/does_not_exist').resolve()
WindowsPath('~/does_not_exist')

Python 3.6.4 (v3.6.4:d48eceb, Dec 19 2017, 06:54:40) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from pathlib2 import Path
>>> Path('~/does_not_exist').resolve()
WindowsPath('~/does_not_exist')

Actual behavior

Python 2.7.14 (v2.7.14:84471935ed, Sep 16 2017, 20:25:58) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from pathlib2 import Path
>>> Path('~/does_not_exist').resolve()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Projects\python\construct_org\construct\venv27\lib\site-packages\pathlib2\__init__.py", line 1343, in resolve
    self.stat()
  File "C:\Projects\python\construct_org\construct\venv27\lib\site-packages\pathlib2\__init__.py", line 1356, in stat
    return self._accessor.stat(self)
  File "C:\Projects\python\construct_org\construct\venv27\lib\site-packages\pathlib2\__init__.py", line 541, in wrapped
    return strfunc(str(pathobj), *args)
WindowsError: [Error 3] The system cannot find the path specified: '~\\does_not_exist'

[mcmtroffaes]

Thanks for reporting. I'm trying to fix this in the feature/fix-resolve branch (see pull request #55) but I don't have a windows system. Could you give the branch a go and see if it indeed fixes the problem for you?

[mcmtroffaes]

This should now be fixed in develop, and so the fix will be included in the next release.

Thanks again for reporting!