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)
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
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
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Olemis Lang -
Tarek Ziadé