[Python-ideas] os.path.split(path, maxsplit=1)

[anatoly techtonik]

On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 1:22 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
> On 05/11/12 23:52, Ned Batchelder wrote:
>
>> Anatoly, I appreciate the energy and dedication you've shown to the
>> Python community, but maybe you should spend a little more time on
>> each proposal? For example, the subject line here is a different (and
>> already taken) function name than the implementation, and has a
>> maxsplit argument that the implementation doesn't have.

It's the idea to add maxsplit argument to os.path.split(). If the idea
is good, it will be developed into actual proposal.

I've included prototype code, because in the past people complained
about the absence of source code. The name in prototype function is
different, because it uses os.path.split internally, which clashes.
Here is the working prototype. Attached is with test case from SO.
Note that it behaves differently on Windows, Python 3 because of the
regression http://bugs.python.org/issue16424

def pathsplit(pathstr, maxsplit=):
    """split relative path into list"""
    path = [pathstr]
    while True:
        oldpath = path[:]
        path[:1] = list(os.path.split(path[0]))
        if path[0] == '':
            path = path[1:]
        elif path[1] == '':
            path = path[:1] + path[2:]
        if path == oldpath:
            return path
        if maxsplit is not None and len(path) > maxsplit:
            return path
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