On 7 April 2016 at 11:48, Nikolaus Rath <nikol...@rath.org> wrote: > Why is: > > path = getattr(obj, '__fspath__') if hasattr(obj, '__fspath__') else obj > > better than > > path = str(obj) if isinstance(obj, pathlib.Path) else obj
One reason is that the former doesn't need you to import pathlib, which is good if you need to work with older versions of Python that don't have pathlib at all (yes, it's just some standard conditional import boilerplate, but it's additional messiness). Paul _______________________________________________ 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
