Jason Maldonis wrote:
In python, `os` and `shutil` are currently the low-level modules, and it stands to reason that we might consider combining these somehow (although I'm assuming that there was a good reason not to in the first place
The functions in os are thin wrappers around system calls, whereas those in shutil require substantial amounts of code (either python or C) to implement and are used relatively rarely. -- Greg _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/