On 10/08/2019 23:30:18, Greg Ewing wrote:
Rob Cliffe via Python-Dev wrote:

Also, the former is simply more *informative* - it tells the reader that baz is expected to be a directory, not a file.

On Windows you can usually tell that from the fact that filenames
almost always have an extension, and directory names almost never
do.

Usually, but not always.  I have not infrequently used files with a blank extension. I can't recall using a directory name with an extension (but I can't swear that I never have).
Rob Cliffe
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