[issue9097] os.chdir(path) to return current dir

[anatoly techtonik]

New submission from anatoly techtonik <techtonik at gmail.com>:

os.chdir(path) is often used with os.getcwd() call and doesn't return anything. It can return the name of the directory before the change.

prev = os.chdir(path)
...
os.chdir(prev)

Maybe it will also be possible to implement 'with' construct:

with os.chdir(path):
  ...

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messages: 108822
nosy: techtonik
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: os.chdir(path) to return current dir
type: feature request

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