[Python-ideas] Working with Path objects: p-strings?

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Sat Mar 26 20:02:14 EDT 2016


On 03/26/2016 03:55 PM, Greg Ewing wrote:
> Ethan Furman wrote:
>
>>> Also, this would give a privileged place to one particular
>>> path library. How do we choose which one?
>>
>> Um, the one in the stdlib?  ;)
>
> Not everyone likes that one though. As things stand, you
> can easily substitute one of your own that's more to your
> liking. That won't be true if path objects get baked into
> the language syntax.

Yeah, I'm one of those (primarily because it's a pain to work with).

My point was just that baked-in syntax would naturally go with stdlib 
objects (and it would still not preclude using your preferred library).

--
~Ethan~



More information about the Python-ideas mailing list