[issue1828] Renaming platform path modules

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[issue1828] Renaming platform path modules

Benjamin Peterson added the comment: On Jan 14, 2008 7:44 PM, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Guido van Rossum added the comment: > > And guess what, in 3.0 __builtin__ is renamed to builtin. point taken > > > -- > resolution: -> rejected > > _

[issue1828] Renaming platform path modules

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[issue1828] Renaming platform path modules

Guido van Rossum added the comment: And guess what, in 3.0 __builtin__ is renamed to builtin. -- resolution: -> rejected __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __

[issue1828] Renaming platform path modules

Benjamin Peterson added the comment: Well, yes but I think that it's rare enough that in the name of keeping the stdlib clean, it's reasonable to say: import _posixpath and posixpath This also occurs when somone wants to modify __builtin__. __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROT

[issue1828] Renaming platform path modules

Guido van Rossum added the comment: > Since they are implementation details, they > should have a "_" prepended to their names. No, they are not, and they should not. There are legitimate use cases for importing these directly. E.g. I could be on a Windows box but have a desire to manipulate p

[issue1828] Renaming platform path modules

Brett Cannon added the comment: On Jan 14, 2008 5:12 PM, Christian Heimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Christian Heimes added the comment: > > Brett, it sounds like a good idea for the 3.0 stdlib reorg. > Yep, it does. __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[issue1828] Renaming platform path modules

Christian Heimes added the comment: Brett, it sounds like a good idea for the 3.0 stdlib reorg. -- nosy: +brett.cannon, tiran priority: -> low type: -> rfe versions: -Python 2.6 __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[issue1828] Renaming platform path modules

New submission from Benjamin Peterson: Currently, all the platform-specific path modules (ntpath, macpath, etc) have normal module names. Since they are implementation details, they should have a "_" prepended to their names. I doubt this would break much code: I've never written witnessed any co