Alias for distutils.file_util.write_file in e.g. shutils
Hello ! Often I have the contents to be written in a file at a given path that I know as well. I recently tried to find a function in stdlib to do that and to my surprise this is what I found : - Such function exists - It's `distutils.file_util.write_file` IMO the last place where people'd look for such a function is inside `distutils` package. Besides I reviewed modules listed under `File and directory access` category in `Library Reference` and found nothing even similar. Q: - Is it a good idea to provide a similar function in e.g. shutils module ? Probably there's already a better way to do this and my comment is just irrelevant . Anyway is just a suggestion ;o) -- Regards, Olemis. Blog ES: http://simelo-es.blogspot.com/ Blog EN: http://simelo-en.blogspot.com/ Featured article: Soporte para AMF (RPC) en Trac - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/simelo-es/~3/9dYgHeK5Be8/soporte-para-amf-rpc...
On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Olemis Lang <olemis@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello !
Often I have the contents to be written in a file at a given path that I know as well. I recently tried to find a function in stdlib to do that and to my surprise this is what I found :
- Such function exists - It's `distutils.file_util.write_file`
IMO the last place where people'd look for such a function is inside `distutils` package. Besides I reviewed modules listed under `File and directory access` category in `Library Reference` and found nothing even similar.
Q: - Is it a good idea to provide a similar function in e.g. shutils module ?
A: Yes :) Basically, anything useful in distutils.file_util and distutils.dir_util can maove in Shutil. That's why I added make_archive (and unpack_archive) Please add an issue, I'll work on adding this function, Thanks Tarek -- Tarek Ziadé | http://ziade.org
On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Tarek Ziadé <ziade.tarek@gmail.com> wrote:
a similar function in
e.g. shutils module ?
A: Yes :)
Basically, anything useful in distutils.file_util and distutils.dir_util can maove in Shutil. That's why I added make_archive (and unpack_archive)
Please add an issue, I'll work on adding this function,
http://bugs.python.org/issue8604 -- Regards, Olemis. Blog ES: http://simelo-es.blogspot.com/ Blog EN: http://simelo-en.blogspot.com/ Featured article:
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