[New-bugs-announce] [issue5564] os.symlink/os.link docs should say old/new, not src/dst

[Adam Olsen]

New submission from Adam Olsen <rhamph at gmail.com>:

"destination" is ambiguous.  It means opposite things, depending on if
it's the symlink creation operation or if it's the symlink itself.

In contrast, "old" is clearly what existed before the operation, and
"new" is what the operation creates.  This terminology is already in use
by os.rename.

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assignee: georg.brandl
components: Documentation
messages: 84171
nosy: Rhamphoryncus, georg.brandl
severity: normal
status: open
title: os.symlink/os.link docs should say old/new, not src/dst

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