[path-PEP] Path inherits from basestring again

[Mike Meyer]

Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVETHIScyber.com.au> writes:

> On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 17:51:31 -0600, John Roth wrote:
>
>> I also like to know the number of elements, which seems to make
>> sense as len(path). Again, the number of characters in the path seems
>> to be utterly useless information - at least, I can't imagine a use for
>> it.
> There are (were?) operating systems that could only deal with a maximum
> length for pathnames. If I recall correctly, and I probably don't, Classic
> Mac (pre-OS X) was limited to file names of 31 or fewer characters and no
> more than 250-odd for the entire pathname. At the very least, some file
> manager routines would work and some would not.

Are. But I think they're a lot longer now.

bhuda% grep PATH_MAX /usr/include/sys/syslimits.h
#define       PATH_MAX                 1024   /* max bytes in pathname */

          <mike

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