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

[Georg Brandl]

Am 06.10.2012 15:42, schrieb 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?

Not really.  I'd prefer "base" or "namebase" though, to at least have a
tiny bit of difference.

Georg