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

[Ben Finney]

Oleg Broytman <phd at phdru.name> writes:

>    In py3k it was renamed to _destinsrc. It never was documented.

Both of which strongly indicate the intent that it shouldn't be used as
part of the library API.

So it is disingenuous to suggest that it's already in the standard
library; it's nice that there's an implementation there, but it's
clearly being moved further from intended use.

Who made that change? Presumably their opinion on this matter is
opposite to the proponents of the functionality in this thread. Can
someone ask them to comment in this thread as to their rationale?

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Ben Finney