[Python-ideas] PEP 428: poll about the joining syntax

[Paul Moore]

On Monday, 8 October 2012, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
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> - `p[q]` joins path q to path p

-1 it isn't really indexing

> - `p + q` joins path q to path p

-1 risk of ambiguity (string concatenation, e.g. it's too easy to assume
you can add an extension with p + '.txt')

> - `p / q` joins path q to path p

-0 best of the operator options

> - `p.join(q)` joins path q to path p

+0 would like it except for the risk of silent errors if p is a string

 p.joinpath(q)
+1 I wish there was a better name, but I doubt one will appear :-(

Paul
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