[Python-ideas] proposal: os.path.joinuser()

[Tarek Ziadé]

Le 23/09/14 14:32, Tarek Ziadé a écrit :
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> ~ is a Unix notion I think,  and since expanduser() works under
Windows, I don't think it's that intuitive and explicit.
>
> Unless we'd change it so we omit "~" =>
>
> e.g. os.path.expanduser()   and os.path.expanduser('specificuser')
I would even say that the api name "expanduser" is redundant with the
fact that you absolutely need to pass a '~' as a first char
if you want it to do something at all.

The more I think about it, the more I find it unintuitive