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[3.12] GH-99334: Explain that PurePath.is_relative_to() is purely lexical. (GH-114031) #114460

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[3.12] GH-99334: Explain that PurePath.is_relative_to() is purely lexical. (GH-114031) #114460

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Expand Up @@ -509,6 +509,13 @@ Pure paths provide the following methods and properties:
>>> p.is_relative_to('/usr')
False

This method is string-based; it neither accesses the filesystem nor treats
"``..``" segments specially. The following code is equivalent:

>>> u = PurePath('/usr')
>>> u == p or u in p.parents
False

.. versionadded:: 3.9

.. deprecated-removed:: 3.12 3.14
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