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

[Ethan Furman]

Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Oct 2012 08:48:53 -0700
> Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:
>   
>> What behavior can I expect with your Path implementation when I try to 
>> iterate over
>>
>> /usr/home/ethanf/some_table.dbf
>>     
>>>> p = Path('setup.py')
>>>> list(p)
>>>>         
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>   File "./pathlib.py", line 1176, in __iter__
>     for name in self._accessor.listdir(self):
>   File "./pathlib.py", line 455, in wrapped
>     return strfunc(str(pathobj), *args)
> NotADirectoryError: [Errno 20] Not a directory: 'setup.py'
>   

Certainly reasonable, and the same behavior I would expect of, e.g., 
p.children(). I guess it just feels too magical to me.

-1 for built-in iteration.

+1 for a .children() (or other) method.

~Ethan~