On 6 April 2016 at 15:57, Serhiy Storchaka <storch...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 06.04.16 05:44, Nick Coghlan wrote: >> >> The most promising option for that is probably "getattr(path, 'path', >> path)", since the "path" attribute is being added to pathlib, and the >> given idiom can be readily adopted in Python 2/3 compatible code >> (since normal strings and any other object without a "path" attribute >> are passed through unchanged). Alternatively, since it's a protocol, >> double-underscores on the property name may be appropriate (i.e. >> "getattr(path, '__path__', path)") > > This was already discussed. Current conclusion is using the "path" > attribute. See http://bugs.python.org/issue22570 .
I'd missed the existing precedent in DirEntry.path, so simply taking that and running with it sounds good to me. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
