[Python-ideas] os.path.isparent and os.path.ischild

[Eric V. Smith]

On 7/13/2011 10:49 PM, Greg Ewing wrote:
> Paul Colomiets wrote:
> 
>> Do you mean:
>>
>>>>> dirname('/a/b') == '/a'
>>
>> True
> 
> It's not so easy if you want isparent("/a", "/a/b/c") to
> be true as well.

Then isparent() seems like a bad name. isancestor(), maybe?

Not that I think it needs to be added to the stdlib.