[Python-Dev] Maybe, just maybe, pathlib doesn't belong.

[Sven R. Kunze]

On 11.04.2016 23:15, Ethan Furman wrote:
> We've pretty decided that we have two options:
>
> 1. remove pathlib
> 2. make the stdlib work with pathlib
>
> So we're trying to make option 2 work before falling back to option 1.
>
> If you have a way to make pathlib work with the stdlib that doesn't 
> involve "fixing" os and os.path, now is the time to speak up.

As I said, I don't like messing with os or os.path. They are built with 
a different level of abstraction in mind.


What makes people want to go down from pathlib to os (speaking in terms 
of abstraction) is the fact that pathlib suggests/promise a convenience 
that it cannot hold. You might have seen my "feedback" post here on 
python-dev. If those points were corrected in a reasonable way, we 
wouldn't have had the need to go down to os or other stdlib modules. As 
it presents itself, it feels like a poor wrapper for os and os.path. I 
hope that makes sense.

So, I might add:

3. add more high-level features to pathlib to prevent a downgrade to os 
or os.path


Best,
Sven