[Python-Dev] Improvements for Pathlib

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Sat Nov 8 21:41:03 CET 2014


On 11/08/2014 10:46 AM, Xavier Morel wrote:
> On 2014-11-08, at 16:46 , Ionel Cristian Mărieș wrote:
>>
>> In the current incarnation Pathlib is missing some key features I need in
>>  my usecases. I want to contribute them but i'd like a bit of feedback on
>>  the new api before jumping to implementation.

>> #1. A context manager for temporary files and dirs (that cleans everything
>>  up on exit).
>
> Why would pathlib need to provide this when tempfile already does?

Because tempfile doesn't accept PathLib instances?

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~Ethan~


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