[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Feature Requests-644940 ] Support file path concat with "/"

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Feature Requests item #644940, was opened at 2002-11-27 20:44
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Category: Parser/Compiler
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Mark VanTassel (markvantassel)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Support file path concat with "/" 

Initial Comment:
A very useful feature is to overload the "/" operator for 
strings to support path concatenation - that is, to concat 
the left and right arguments in such a way that there is 
exactly one slash between them, regardless of which 
argument(s) did or didn't include slashes:

dir = "/this/that"
file = "whatever.py"
print dir / file 
#prints "/this/that/whatever.py"

It seems silly, but when you're not 100% in control of 
things (such as when reading paths from config files, 
user input, etc), it's great to be sure that the right thing 
will happen without writing/testing a lot of icky code. 
And even when you are 100% in control, it's nice to not 
have to worry about it so much.

This doesn't seem to conflict with any existing usage or 
syntax, so I don't think it can possibly break any 
existing behaviour (except, of course, those who were 
counting on having an exception thrown!)

I've already coded this as a minor tweak to the Python 
2.2.2 release, and I'd be happy to share the fix with the 
powers that be, if there's general concensus that this is 
a good thing. Feedback is solicited and appreciated 
(this is my first foray into open-source development, so 
be gentle!)

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