On 13 April 2016 at 17:31, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote: > On 04/13/2016 09:27 AM, Paul Moore wrote: >> >> On 13 April 2016 at 17:18, Fred Drake wrote: > > >>> Names like os.fspath() and os.fssyspath() seem good to me. >> >> >> -1 on fssyspath - the "system" representation is bytes on POSIX, but >> not on Windows. Let's be explicit and go with fsbytespath(). > > > It will be confusing that fsbytespath() can return a string.
Oh, wait, yes fssyspath is for allow_bytes=True which *may* be bytes, but could still be a string. My mistake. On that basis, I could go with fssyspath (thinking "sys" = "low level"). 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