pathlib

[DL Neil]

Should pathlib reflect changes it has made to the file-system?


Sample code, below, shows pathlib identifying a data-file and then 
renaming it. Yet, after the rename operation, pathlib doesn't recognise 
its own change; whereas the file system does/proves the change was 
actioned.


$ touch before.file
$ python3
Python 3.7.4 (default, Jul  9 2019, 16:48:28)
[GCC 8.3.1 20190223 (Red Hat 8.3.1-2)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> import pathlib
 >>> p = pathlib.Path( "before.file" )
 >>> p
PosixPath('before.file')
 >>> p.name
'before.file'
 >>> p.rename( "after.file" )
 >>> p.name
'before.file'
 >>> exit()
$ ls -lah after*
-rw-rw-r--. 1 dn dn 0 Sep 30 16:05 after.file
$ ls -lah before*
ls: cannot access 'before*': No such file or directory


I would expect pathlib to keep track of changes it has made. Any 
ideas/good reasons why/why not?
NB "name" is a r/o attribute.
-- 
Regards,
=dn