Dev] / as path join operator (original) (raw)

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Thu Jan 26 05:41:23 CET 2006


On Wed, 2006-01-25 at 21:02 -0600, Ian Bicking wrote:

ext = '.jpg' name = fields['name'] image = Path('/images') / name + ext

Here's a good example of why I ultimately don't like div. The last line seems quite non-obvious to me. It's actually jarring enough that I have to stop and think about what it means because it /looks/ like there's math going on.

OTOH, something like:

image = Path('', 'images', name) + ext

or even better

image = Path.join('', 'images', name) + ext

where .join is a staticmethod, seems much clearer.

-Barry

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