[Python-Dev] Adding the 'path' module (was Re: Some RFE for review)

[Michael Hoffman]

On Sun, 26 Jun 2005, Phillip J. Eby wrote:

> At 08:19 PM 6/26/2005 +0100, Michael Hoffman wrote:
>> On Sun, 26 Jun 2005, Phillip J. Eby wrote:
>>
>>> * drop getcwd(); it makes no sense on a path instance
>>
>> Personally I use path.getcwd() as a class method all the time. It
>> makes as much sense as fromkeys() does on a dict instance, which is
>> technically possible but non-sensical.
>
> It's also duplication with os.path; I'm -1 on creating a new staticmethod
> for it.

os.getcwd() returns a string, but path.getcwd() returns a new path
object. Almost everything in path is a duplication of os.path--the
difference is that the path methods start and end with path objects.
-- 
Michael Hoffman <hoffman at ebi.ac.uk>
European Bioinformatics Institute