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

[Steven D'Aprano]

And I knew there was another suggestion tickling around in my 
subconscious... I have a new favourite:

`p & q`  +1: unlikely to be confused with int or set &; strings 
    do not currently use it; suggests concatenation; short, can 
    work with two paths or path and string if needed.


p + ".ext" to add a suffix to the file name; an error if p is a 
directory.

"spam" + p should probably an error. I can't think of a good use case 
for prepending a string to a path.

p & q to concatenate (join) path q to path p.

p.add(q [, r, s, ...]) to concatentation multiple path components at 
once, more efficient than p & q & r & ..., and to make the function more 
discoverable and searchable.


-- 
Steven