Rename file without overwriting existing files

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards at gmail.com>:

> IMO, beginners shouldn't be using the os module.

Hard to know. Depends on what the beginner wants to accomplish.

> I always found the first sentence to be a bit funny:
>
>      This module provides a portable way of using operating system
>      dependent functionality.
>
> I understand whay they're tying to say, but I always found it amusing
> to say you're going to provide a portable way to do something
> non-portable.

One of the best things in Python is that it has exposed the operating
system to the application programmer. I don't think a programming
language should abstract the operating system away.


Marko