Given 'pwd -P' may very well print out a different but equally usable path then it brings to my mind the need for two separate commands: rwd "relative working directory" (no sym link resolution) awd "absolute working directory" (sym link resolution)

Also, "pwd -A" where A means ABSOLUTE is easier to remember than "-P" for physical. I never hear anyone talk about physical directories. When people are talking about resolving sym links they talk about absolute versus relative paths. Seems like a good historical research topic to understand why the canonical usage is "physical" that no one uses versus relative/absolute paths that are actually used.