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

[Nadeem Vawda]

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> - `p[q]` joins path q to path p

-1. Much less intuitive than the other two proposed operators.


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

-1. Silently does the wrong thing if p and q are both strings.


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

+1. Reads naturally, and fails loudly if p is a string.


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

-1. Produces a nonsensical result if p and q are both strings. I'd be
+1 on `p.joinpath(q)`, since it doesn't have this problem.


Cheers,
Nadeem