[Python-Dev] Defining a path protocol

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Wed Apr 6 19:44:59 EDT 2016


On 04/06/2016 04:27 PM, Brett Cannon wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Apr 2016 at 15:54 Gregory P. Smithwrote:
>>
>> So would module.__path__ become a Path instance in a potential
>> future making module.__path__.__path__ meaningfully confusing? ;)
>>
>> I'm not worried about people who shove pathlib.Path instances in as
>> values into sys.modules and expect anything but pain. :P
>
> Ah, good point. I think that kills __path__ then as an option.

Excellent!  Narrowing the field then to:

__fspath__

__os_path__


Step right up!  Cast yer votes!

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~Ethan~



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