Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka+cpyt...@gmail.com> added the comment:
How would you work with a file in the "~" directory? Python is a programming language. It provides you builtin blocks which you can combine to get the desired behavior. If you what "~" at the start of the path be expanded to your home directory, you call os.path.expanduser() explicitly. If you want it mean the literal "~" directory, you do not call os.path.expanduser(). Calling it implicitly would break existing code, require you to use ugly workarounds if you don't want to expand "~", and introduce possible security issues. ---------- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue40271> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
