[Python-ideas] Better stdlib support for Path objects

[Juancarlo Añez]

On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:

> To me, the first question to me is whether we 'believe' in pathlib
> enough to really support it in the stdlib and encourage its use.
>

os.path is cumbersome (horrible?) when compared to pathlib.

The issue is prevalent throughout stdlib. For example, json won't take a
pathlib.Path, so you have to pass str(mypath).

Cheers,

-- 
Juancarlo *Añez*
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