bpo-30427: eliminate redundant type checks in os.path.normcase() (GH-1712)

https://bugs.python.org/issue30427

Lib/ntpath.py

@@ -46,16 +46,10 @@ def normcase(s):
 
     Makes all characters lowercase and all slashes into backslashes."""
     s = os.fspath(s)
-    try:
     if isinstance(s, bytes):
         return s.replace(b'/', b'\\').lower()
     else:
         return s.replace('/', '\\').lower()
-    except (TypeError, AttributeError):
-        if not isinstance(s, (bytes, str)):
-            raise TypeError("normcase() argument must be str or bytes, "
-                            "not %r" % s.__class__.__name__) from None
-        raise
 
 
 # Return whether a path is absolute.

Lib/posixpath.py

@@ -51,11 +51,7 @@ def _get_sep(path):
 
 def normcase(s):
     """Normalize case of pathname.  Has no effect under Posix"""
-    s = os.fspath(s)
-    if not isinstance(s, (bytes, str)):
-        raise TypeError("normcase() argument must be str or bytes, "
-                        "not '{}'".format(s.__class__.__name__))
-    return s
+    return os.fspath(s)
 
 
 # Return whether a path is absolute.

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-03-28-21-17-08.bpo-30427.lxzvbw.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+``os.path.normcase()`` relies on ``os.fspath()`` to check the type of its argument. Redundant checks have been removed from its ``posixpath.normcase()`` and ``ntpath.normcase()`` implementations.
+Patch by Wolfgang Maier.