[Python-3000] Path Reform: Get the ball rolling

[Josiah Carlson]

Oleg Broytmann <phd at phd.pp.ru> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 08:03:55AM -0600, Michael Urman wrote:
> > >        p = os.path.normpath( os.path.join( __file__, "../..", "lib" ) )
> > 
> > Shouldn't an example avoid using the path separator directly within a
> > string literal?
> > 
> >     p = path.normpath(path.join(__file__, "..", "..", "lib"))
> 
>    It also should use platform-independent constants:
> 
> p = path.normpath(path.join(__file__, os.pardir, os.pardir, "lib"))

What operating systems that Python currently supports doesn't have ".."
mean "parent directory"?  And/or What systems currently in development
don't have ".." meaning "parent directory"?  Are they significant enough
for us to care?


 - Josiah