> On 17 Mar 2018, at 10:42, George Fischhof <geo...@fischhof.hu> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I added the list of functions to the proposal, here is the new version. > > George > > > > > PEP: 9999 > Title: Pathlib Module Should Contain All File Operations > Author: George Fischhof <george at fischhof.hu> > Status: Draft > Type: Standards Track > Content-Type: text/x-rst > Created: 15-Mar-2018 > Python-Version: 3.8 > Post-History: 12-Mar-2018, 17-Mar-2018 > > > Abstract > ======== > > This PEP proposes pathlib module to be a centralized place for all > file-system related operations. > > > Rationale > ========= > > Right now we have several modules that contain functions related > to file-system operations mainly the os, pathlib and shutil. > For beginners it is quite hard to remember where can he / she find > a function (copy resides in shutil, but the remove function can be > found in the os module. (And sometimes developers with moderate > experience have to check the documentation as well.) > > After the release of version 3.6 several methods became aware of > path-like object. There are only a few ones which does not support > the path-like object. After making these methods path-like object > aware, these functions could be added to pathlib. > > With functions in pathlib the developers should not have to think > on which method (function) can be found in which module. > > Makes the life easier. > > > Implementation > ============== > > For compatibility reasons the pathlib should contain wrappers to > the original functions. The original functions should remain > at their original place. (Or if pathlib contains the function, the > original modules should have a wrapper to it.) > > > List of mentioned functions > =========================== > > * os.link => path.hardlink_to > (should be named similarly to path.softlink_to) > > * os.mkfifo > > * os.readlink > > * os.remove > > * os.removedirs > (shutil.rmtree has the same functionalaty)
I think you will find these to are a lot different. > > * os.truncate > > * shutil.copyfileobj This function does not take paths as arguments. I guess it does not belong here. > > * shutil.copyfile > > * shutil.copymode > > * shutil.copystat > > * shutil.copy > > * shutil.copy2 > > * shutil.copytree with shutil.ignore_patterns > > * shutil.move > > * shutil.disk_usage > > * shutil.chown Is yout plan to also expose all the constants need to use chmod etc from pathlib? > > All functions from os module accept path-like objects, > and none of the shutil functions. Should shutils be improved to accept path-like first? Barry > > > Copyright > ========= > > This document has been placed in the public domain. > > > > .. > Local Variables: > mode: indented-text > indent-tabs-mode: nil > sentence-end-double-space: t > fill-column: 70 > coding: utf-8 > End: > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
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