[Python-ideas] PEP 428 - object-oriented filesystem paths

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Sat, 06 Oct 2012 15:08:27 +0200
Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
> > 
> > Well, "basename" is the name proposed for the "part before the
> > extension". "name" is the full filename.
> > 
> > (so path.name == path.basename + path.ext)
> 
> Is it?  You said yourself it was easily confused with os.path.basename()'s result.

True, but since we already have the name attribute it stands reasonable
for basename to mean something else than name :-)
Do you have another suggestion?

Regards

Antoine.


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