path module

[Peter Hansen]

Nick Vargish wrote:
> 
> Just van Rossum <just at xs4all.nl> writes:
> 
> > (Did I mention that / usually means divide in Python? ;-)
> 
> I believe you did... But doesn't % usually mean modulo in Python?

I believe you'll find it's more common for it to mean "format",
but the point is that it is well understood that it means *either*,
depending on context.

Using / for this new concatenation-like behaviour is tantamount
to adding new syntax to Python again...  :-(

-Peter