def position_in_sys_path(path):
        """
        Return the ordinal of the path based on its position in sys.path
        """
        path_parts = path.split(os.sep)
        module_parts = package_name.count('.') + 1
        parts = path_parts[:-module_parts]
        return safe_sys_path_index(_normalize_cached(os.sep.join(parts)))

        Return the ordinal of the path based on its position in sys.path
        
product/gradle-plugin/src/main/python/pkg_resources/__init__.py