[Python-ideas] Pathlib additions & changes

[David Townshend]

On 22 Jun 2015 17:59, "Paul Moore" <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 22 June 2015 at 15:59, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 6:30 PM, David Townshend <aquavitae69 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> >> 3.  There are several other minor irritations where a common pattern
> >> requires several lines or the use of a lower-level library such as
shutil.
> >> For example:
> >>
> >>   *  Recursively remove a directory (no sane way using pathlib alone)
> >>     shutil.rmtree(str(path))
> >
> > I'm not sure shutil should be considered a lower-level library. It's a
> > separate set of tools aimed at shell-like functionality. Removing a
> > directory tree seems right for shutil; what if shutil.rmtree() would
> > accept a Path object as an alternative to a str? That'd make
> > reasonable sense, and it'd feel like the two modules were working well
> > together.
>
> Agreed, shutil is higher level than pathlib, not lower.
>
> Having more stdlib functions (shutil is the most obvious example, but
> there are others) take pathlib.Path objects as well as strings would
> be a good change (and would set a nice example for 3rd party file
> manipulation modules). I'm sure the usual "patches welcome" applies
> :-)
>
> The main irritation about using "higher level" modules with path
> objects is the proliferation of str() calls. Accepting path objects
> natively fixes that:
>
>     from shutil import rmtree
>     rmtree(path)
>
> looks fine to me.
>
> Paul
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I was going on the fact that the PEP talks about possibly including shutil
functions, but I have no problem with making them accept Paths instead. If
that's the best approach I'll see if I can put together a patch.

David
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