On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 4:34 AM Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > You "see ... no obvious difference" between two functions that live in > completely different modules? > > <skipped> > > The bottom line is that it is completely normal and not uncommon for > functions to be distinguished by the namespace they are found in. It is > both unreasonable and unnecessary to force objects in different > namespaces to have unique names.
There is no need to explain basic things to me. Thank you very much indeed! My point was that in case of `os.symlink` vs `shutil.symlink` it is not obvious how they are different even taking into account their namespaces. In the case `os.remove` vs `list.remove` the difference is obvious as namespaces clearly represent different subjects. On the other hand, it is not that easy to guess the developer intent comparing `os` and `shutil` subjects. Why there are two different implementations? Which one should I use? While I don't need "force" functionality at the moment is it ok to use the one from `os` package or I would need that in the future? Is it worth just stick with the one from `shutil` and forget that `os.symlink` exists at all? _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
