[Python-Dev] / as path join operator

[Barry Warsaw]

On Wed, 2006-01-25 at 21:02 -0600, Ian Bicking wrote:

>    ext = '.jpg'
>    name = fields['name']
>    image = Path('/images') / name + ext

Here's a good example of why I ultimately don't like __div__.  The last
line seems quite non-obvious to me.  It's actually jarring enough that I
have to stop and think about what it means because it /looks/ like
there's math going on.

OTOH, something like:

image = Path('', 'images', name) + ext

or even better

image = Path.join('', 'images', name) + ext

where .join is a staticmethod, seems much clearer.

-Barry

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