os.path and Path

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:03:58 +0200, Laurent Claessens wrote:

>> So, I suppose I shall have to let go of my dreams of
>>
>> -->  Path('/some/path/and/file') == '\\some\\path\\and\\file'
>>
>> and settle for
>>
>> -->  Path('...') == Path('...')
>>
>> but I don't have to like it.  :(
> 
> 
> Why not define the hash method to first convert to '/some/path/and/file'
> and then hash ?

It's not so simple. If Path is intended to be platform independent, then 
these two paths could represent the same location:

'a/b/c:d/e'  # on Linux or OS X
'a:b:c/d:e'  # on classic Mac pre OS X

and be impossible on Windows. So what's the canonical path it should be 
converted to?



-- 
Steven