[Python-ideas] Updated PEP 428 (pathlib)

[Andrew Barnert]

Correct me if I'm remembering wrong, but the posix basename(1) tool can strip both dirnames _and_ extensions.

So, any confusion here has a solid precedent.

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On Mar 5, 2013, at 7:23, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:

> On 03/05/2013 01:16 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
>> Le Sun, 3 Mar 2013 15:12:09 +0100,
>> Charles-François Natali a écrit :
>>> 
>>> How about "rootname", or "stripped_name" (the last one is a little
>>> too long)?
>> 
>> I really prefer "basename" [...]
> 
> +1
> 
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