[Python-ideas] Working with pathlib.Path objects

[Ethan Furman]

On 03/29/2016 11:51 AM, Brett Cannon wrote:

> I wrote a blog post at
> http://www.snarky.ca/why-pathlib-path-doesn-t-inherit-from-str because
> my response was getting a bit long. I have pasted it below in CommonMark.

Thanks for that.

For myself at least, I also find the complexity of pathlib completely 
unnecessary: I see the structure of paths as loose at best -- at least 
in regards to the kinds of things we do with paths:

- changing file names either in part or in whole,
- changing directory names or making new directories from portions of
   the names of previous directories,
- looking for directory or file names that have some substring as part
   of their names
- etc.

And yes, it is possible to incorrectly combine two path pieces (or a 
path and a string) together and get something that is semantically 
invalid -- but you can do that with any thing more complex than a random 
jumble of characters:

- sentences
- names
- phrases
- paragraphs
- etc.

But oh well -- what's done is done and we're probably stuck with it now.

--
~Ethan~