DOC BUG: os.chdir() (was Re: Simple Qu: Changing directory)

[Donn Cave]

"Fred L. Drake" <fdrake at cnri.reston.va.us> writes:
| Aahz Maruch writes:
|> I think I understand how it happened: os.getcwd() is (probably
|> rightfully) documented there, so someone thought os.chdir() belonged
|> there, too.  AFAICT, that's the only mistake in that area of the docs,
|> though I could make a case that os.getcwd() should be moved (or at least
|> have a pointer in "F&D").
|
| Aahz,
|   Are you saying that (either of) these are in the wrong place?  The
| notion of "current directory" is tied only to the entry in the process 
| table; should it be documented otherwise?
|   The "Process Parameters" section contains functions with provide any
| direct access to the process table entry, both queries and changes, so
| I think it really is the right place for these two functions.
|   I can easily add a textual reference to the right place within the
| "Files and Directories" section, but you'll need to explain very
| clearly why the descriptions should be moved.

For what it's worth, me too:  current working directory is a process
setting.  It's relevant to files and directories, to be sure, but whoever
put chdir() and getcwd() in process parameters knew what he was doing.

	Donn Cave, University Computing Services, University of Washington
	donn at u.washington.edu