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

[Calvin Spealman]

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
> On 14/10/12 23:13, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
>>
>> Le dimanche 14 octobre 2012 à 14:04 +0200, Yuval Greenfield a écrit :
>>>
>>>
>>> Steven realized what currently happens and was suggesting doing it
>>> differently.
>>>
>>>
>>> Personally I really dislike the idea that
>>>
>>>
>>>      [i for i in p][0] != p[0]
>>>
>>>
>>> It makes no sense to have this huge surprise.
>>
>>
>> Again, p[0] just raises TypeError.
>
>
>
> Well, that's two people so far who have conflated "p.parts" as just p.
> Perhaps that's because "parts" is so similar to "path".
>
> Since we already refer to the bits of a path as "path components",
> perhaps this bike shed ought to be spelled "p.components". It's longer,
> but I bet nobody will miss it.

I would prefer to see p.split()

It matches the existing os.path.split() better and I like the idea of
a new library matching the old, to be an easier transition for brains.

That said, it also looks too much like str.split()

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