path module

[Cliff Wells]

On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 11:01, Ian Bicking wrote:

> Interesting, but I think a bad idea.  I don't believe Python has been
> ported to Tops-20, and I'm not sure if there's a viable VMS port
> either.  Most filesystems don't have the complexity that the Lisp
> pathname encapsulates.  If someone was using VMS paths, I would assume
> they would subclass path for that OS, adding the portions that applied. 
> I think it's unreasonable to expect people programming on normal
> platforms to pay attention to components like version, so even including
> it in a structured manner is asking for trouble.

There is talk that Windows will have versioning in its next filesystem
(WinFS).  It would surprise me if there weren't similar plans on the
Linux side.

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