[Python-Dev] Adding the 'path' module (was Re: Some RFE forreview)
Tony Meyer
t-meyer at ihug.co.nz
Mon Jun 27 02:08:34 CEST 2005
[Reinhold Birkenfeld]
>> One more issue is open: the one of naming. As "path" is already the
>> name of a module, what would the new object be called to avoid
>> confusion? pathobj? objpath? Path?
[Michael Hoffman]
> I would argue for Path.
Granted "path" is actually os.path, but I don't think it's wise to have
stdlib modules whose names are differentiated only by case, especially on
Windows (and other case-insensitive filesystems).
=Tony.Meyer
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