[Python-ideas] Small enhancement to os.path.splitext

[Fred Drake]

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 6:10 AM, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> As long as the filesystem is case-preserving

But that's exactly the catch; you see things like .JPG and .GIF
primarily on files that are copied from case-insensitive filesystems,
and, less often, from software that hasn't been updated since those
were pervasive on the operating system(s) the software was intended
for (commonly written by programmers without experience with
case-preserving systems).

As such legacy fades (however slowly), should we *increase* the amount
of code that deals with it, or should we move on?

Keep in mind that with the advent of Python 3, we're putting a lot of
effort into shedding much more recent "legacy".


  -Fred

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