[Python-Dev] Defining a path protocol

[Ethan Furman]

On 04/08/2016 02:50 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote:

>> Built-in? (name is dependent on #1 if we add one)
>
> os.fspath (alongside os.fsencode and os.fsdecode)

I like this better.


>> Add the method/attribute to str? (I assume so, much like __index__() is on
>> int, but I have not seen it explicitly stated so I would rather clarify it)
>
> Makes sense

What will this do?  Return a Path or a str?  I don't think we need either.


>> Expand the C API to have something like PyObject_Path()?
>
> PyUnicode_FromFSPath, perhaps? The return type is well-defined here,
> so it can be done as an alternate constructor, and the C API
> counterparts of os.fsdecode and os.fsencode are PyUnicode functions
> (specifically PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault and PyUnicode_EncodeFSDefault)

So this will do the same thing as os.fspath() at the C level, yes?


> It's worth summarising in a PEP at least for communications purposes -
> very easy for folks that don't follow python-dev to miss otherwise.
> Plus my specific API suggestions are pretty different from Ethan's :)

*sigh*  Okay.

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~Ethan~