[Python-ideas] maxsplit in os.path.split

[Guido van Rossum]

Also, the similarity between str.*split() and os.path.split() is not close
enough to draw conclusions about one from the other.

On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 4:58 AM, Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 28 September 2015 at 12:46, Todd <toddrjen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I think it would be useful if "os.path.split" also had a "maxsplit"
> option.
> > This would default to "1" (the current behavior"), but could be set to
> any
> > value allowed by "str.split".  Using this option would follow the
> behavior
> > of "str.rsplit" for that value of "maxsplit".
>
> In Python 3.6+ (which is the only place a change like this is likely
> to happen) you're probably better using pathlib. There, you can use
> path.parts, which returns a tuple of the path elements, so you can do
> things like
>
>     >>> Path('C:\\what\\ever\\you\\like.txt').parts[-3:]
>     ('ever', 'you', 'like.txt')
>
> That's usable now in Python 3.4+, and a backport is available at
> https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pathlib/
>
> Paul
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