Message 150175 - Python tracker (original) (raw)

I'd prefer an optional flag to rename() too. I really don't like having different functions that achieve the same thing. It's not obvious to infer from 'replace' its real intent, since it doesn't match any standard syscall/library. Ideally, this should be made an option to rename(), especially since on Unix this will just perform a standard rename. Another advantage of options over new functions is that it reduces boilerplate code (i.e. argument parsing, addition to posix_methods, repeating OS idiosyncrasies/conditional compilation blocks, docstring, documentation block...). But I remember Martin thinks that the os module should just be a thin wrapper around underlying syscalls/libraries (but we already have listdir() and friends).