> On 18 Oct 2022, at 21:59, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Oct 2022 at 06:50, Todd <toddr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Currently, pathlib supports pretty much all common filesystem operations. >> You can create, move, and delete both files and directories. One big >> omission is copying. You need shutil for that. >> >> Whatever the original intent might have been behind pathlib, it is now >> effectively the standard tool for filesystem operations. As such, excluding >> copying alone from basic operations creates an unnecessary hurdle for users. >> It also increases the difficulty of doing such operations since there is no >> hint within the pathlib documentation on how to copy, new users basically >> need to google it to find out. That is fine for less common operations, but >> far from ideal from a basic one like copying. >> > > Ah. I would look at solving this the other way: since this really > isn't a path operation (in the same sense that moving/renaming and > deleting are), keep it in shutil, but improve discoverability with a > docs reference.
I tend to think that if move is in pathlib then copy makes sense. As with all things pathlib it is a reasonable question to ask where should additions stop. Barry > > ChrisA > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/DD36UOFGIBHY63YDAVYKTR5CFMMD3GUC/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/Z5YOAHHLNZ5BPC3VUBVQNZIBEWWUUVKI/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
