From: Tim Lo <timlo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 09:43:11 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: bpo-39285: Clarify example for PurePath.match (GH-19458)
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bpo-39285: Clarify example for PurePath.match (GH-19458)



Fixes Issue39285

The example incorrectly returned True for match.

Furthermore the example is ambiguous in its usage of PureWindowsPath.
Windows is case-insensitve, however the underlying match functionality
utilizes fnmatch.fnmatchcase.

Automerge-Triggered-By: @pitrou
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diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
index 004c156e1188..d4329e7a4c64 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
@@ -528,8 +528,10 @@ Pure paths provide the following methods and properties:
       >>> PurePath('a/b.py').match('/*.py')
       False
 
-   As with other methods, case-sensitivity is observed::
+   As with other methods, case-sensitivity follows platform defaults::
 
+      >>> PurePosixPath('b.py').match('*.PY')
+      False
       >>> PureWindowsPath('b.py').match('*.PY')
       True