[Python-ideas] Working with Path objects: p-strings?

[Brett Cannon]

On Wed, 30 Mar 2016 at 11:10 Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:

> On 03/30/2016 10:51 AM, Koos Zevenhoven wrote:
>
> > I wonder if it is still possible to rename pathlib attributes (and
> > keep the old ones as deprecated aliases for a while), now that the
> > adoption of pathlib is still limited.
>
> The `.path` attribute, which seems a silly name, I look at as being
> necessary for compatibility with DirEntry.
>

I don't remember the exact issue that tracked the discussion, but there was
back-and-forth on that attribute name and in the end Guido chose `path`.
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