[Python-Dev] Request for Pronouncement: PEP 441 (original) (raw)

[Python-Dev] Request for Pronouncement: PEP 441 - Improving Python ZIP Application Support

Paul Moore p.f.moore at gmail.com
Wed Feb 25 10:55:45 CET 2015

On 24 February 2015 at 22:54, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

On the principle of keeping it simple, I prefer just requiring a target, giving an error if the source name and target name are the same (which still leaves loopholes for the determined fool on case insensitive filesystems :-)) and just documenting that inplace modification isn't supported. The PEP clearly states that it's minimal tooling, after all... https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.path.html#os.path.samefile covers this check in a robust, cross-platform way.

Wow, I hadn't realised that samefile had become reliable on Windows (ino/dev always used to be unreliable years ago). It's the little things like this that sneak into new releases without much fanfare that make so much actual difference.

Thanks to whoever implemented this, and to all the people putting in the little changes that make new versions so much better :-)

Paul

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