1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lib/path.js b/lib/path.js
index 9958630d7b..c920580fec 100644
--- a/lib/path.js
+++ b/lib/path.js
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ if (isWindows) {
       }
 
       // Skip empty and invalid entries
-      if (typeof path !== 'string' || !path) {
+      if (typeof path !== 'string') {
+        throw new TypeError('Arguments to path.resolve must be strings');
+      } else if(!path) {
         continue;
       }
 
@@ -199,9 +201,9 @@ if (isWindows) {
   exports.join = function() {
     function f(p) {
       if (typeof p !== 'string') {
-        throw new TypeError('Arguments to join must be strings');
+        throw new TypeError('Arguments to path.join must be strings');
       }
-      return p && typeof p === 'string';
+      return p;
     }
 
     var paths = Array.prototype.filter.call(arguments, f);
@@ -307,7 +309,9 @@ if (isWindows) {
       var path = (i >= 0) ? arguments[i] : process.cwd();
 
       // Skip empty and invalid entries
-      if (typeof path !== 'string' || !path) {
+      if (typeof path !== 'string') {
+        throw new TypeError('Arguments to path.resolve must be strings');
+      } else if (!path) {
         continue;
       }
 
@@ -353,9 +357,9 @@ if (isWindows) {
     var paths = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 0);
     return exports.normalize(paths.filter(function(p, index) {
       if (typeof p !== 'string') {
-        throw new TypeError('Arguments to join must be strings');
+        throw new TypeError('Arguments to path.join must be strings');
       }
-      return p && typeof p === 'string';
+      return p;
     }).join('/'));
   };
 
@@ -454,6 +458,7 @@ exports.existsSync = util.deprecate(function(path) {
 
 if (isWindows) {
   exports._makeLong = function(path) {
+    // Note: this will *probably* throw somewhere.
     if (typeof path !== 'string')
       return path;