> Martin> I don't think any change is necessary. os.path.commonprefix
> Martin> works just fine on path components:
> ...
>
> Ummm...
>
> >>> os.path.commonprefix(["/export/home", "/etc/passwd"])
> '/e'
This calls it with strings, not with path components. As I said, it
works fine for path components:
py> os.path.commonprefix([f.split('/') for f in ["/export/home",
"/etc/passwd"]])
['']
> See <http://bugs.python.org/issue4755> for what I think is a function with
> more predictable behavior given that we are discussing paths and not just
> strings.
See above: the function works for lists as well.
Regards,
Martin
_______________________________________________
Python-Dev mailing list
Python-Dev@python.org
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev
Unsubscribe:
http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
