[Python-Dev] splitext('.cshrc')

[Alexey Borzenkov]

On 3/8/07, Alexey Borzenkov <snaury at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/7/07, Josiah Carlson <jcarlson at uci.edu> wrote:
> > "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> > > Now it's becoming difficult: several people in favor, some opposed...
> > What about changing the semantics of splitext and creating a new
> > function (available on all platforms) that does what the Windows version
> > currently does?
> I don't understand only one thing, why do people need new functions?
> You can anticipate the change today, and write functions that do
> exactly what you need no matter which way (current or proposed) python
> implements:

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On second thought I completely forgot about path parts.

> Best regards,
> Alexey.