[Python-Dev] PEP 355 status (original) (raw)

Talin talin at acm.org
Sat Oct 28 21:34:39 CEST 2006

BJörn Lindqvist wrote:

I'd like to write a post mortem for PEP 355. But one important question that haven't been answered is if there is a possibility for a path-like PEP to succeed in the future? If so, does the path-object implementation have to prove itself in the wild before it can be included in Python? From earlier posts it seems like you don't like the concept of path objects, which others have found very interesting. If that is the case, then it would be nice to hear it explicitly. :)

So...how's that post mortem coming along? Did you get a sufficient answer to your questions?

And the more interesting question is, will the effort to reform Python's path functionality continue? From reading all the responses to your post, I feel that the community is on the whole supportive of the idea of refactoring os.path and friends, but they prefer a different approach; And several of the responses sketch out some suggestions for what that approach might be.

So what happens next?

-- Talin

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