[issue39291] "pathlib.Path.link_to()" and "pathlib.Path.symlink_to()" have reversed usage

yota moteuchi added the comment: one option to could be to create a hardlink_to() method which is link.hardlink_to(target) and in a few release, deprecate link_to ? :) -- nosy: +yota moteuchi ___ Python tracker

[issue39291] "pathlib.Path.link_to()" and "pathlib.Path.symlink_to()" have reversed usage

Joannah Nanjekye added the comment: Am hesitant on re-opening this. I think it sounds more meaningful to open a new issue for the new suggestion that requires deprecating this current behavior and introducing the new intended functionality. Best, Joannah On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 8:40 PM

[issue39291] "pathlib.Path.link_to()" and "pathlib.Path.symlink_to()" have reversed usage

Barney Gale added the comment: Per discussion on the mailing list, I'd like to request that this bug be re-opened. https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-...@python.org/thread/7QPLYW36ZK6QTW4SV4FI6C343KYWCPAT/ -- nosy: +barneygale ___

[issue39291] "pathlib.Path.link_to()" and "pathlib.Path.symlink_to()" have reversed usage

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Closing as won't fix. If you feel strongly about this, I would suggest to bring the discussion on python-dev: https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ -- resolution: -> wont fix stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed

[issue39291] "pathlib.Path.link_to()" and "pathlib.Path.symlink_to()" have reversed usage

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Ahah. Nice catch! Well, it's a pity this got overlooked when we added Path.link_to(). But I'm afraid it's late to change it now, since this has been released, and changing the argument order would break existing code in potentially dangerous ways. Note

[issue39291] "pathlib.Path.link_to()" and "pathlib.Path.symlink_to()" have reversed usage

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[issue39291] "pathlib.Path.link_to()" and "pathlib.Path.symlink_to()" have reversed usage

New submission from Rockmizu : Python version: Python 3.8.1 (tags/v3.8.1:1b293b6, Dec 18 2019, 23:11:46) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 The usage of symlink_to() is link.symlink_to(target) while the usage of link_to() is target.link_to(link). This could be confusing. Here is an