[Python-Dev] Re: pathlib.Path: inconsistent symlink_to() and link_to()

2021-01-22 Thread Brett Cannon
On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 4:43 PM Barney Gale wrote: > Hi Brett, > > Per your PR review feedback [0] I left a comment on the bug [1] asking > when the link_to() method should be scheduled for removal. It didn't elicit > a great deal of feedback, so I'm raising this again here! > Per PEP 387 (https

[Python-Dev] Re: pathlib.Path: inconsistent symlink_to() and link_to()

2021-01-21 Thread Barney Gale
Hi Brett, Per your PR review feedback [0] I left a comment on the bug [1] asking when the link_to() method should be scheduled for removal. It didn't elicit a great deal of feedback, so I'm raising this again here! The proposed deprecation warning in the docs currently reads: > This method is de

[Python-Dev] Re: pathlib.Path: inconsistent symlink_to() and link_to()

2020-03-11 Thread Brett Cannon
Antoine Pitrou wrote: > On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 11:17:22 + > Barney Gale barney.g...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi, > > Pathlib's symlink_to() and link_to() methods have different argument > > orders, so: > > a.symlink_to(b) # Creates a symlink from A to B > > a.link_to(b) # Creates a hard link from B

[Python-Dev] Re: pathlib.Path: inconsistent symlink_to() and link_to()

2020-03-11 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 11:17:22 + Barney Gale wrote: > Hi, > > Pathlib's symlink_to() and link_to() methods have different argument > orders, so: > > a.symlink_to(b) # Creates a symlink from A to B > a.link_to(b) # Creates a hard link from B to A > > I don't think link_to() was inten

[Python-Dev] Re: pathlib.Path: inconsistent symlink_to() and link_to()

2020-03-11 Thread James Edwards
Despite the bug being closed as WONTFIX, at the very least this seems like a valid docs issue. But (for whatever a non-core-dev opinion is worth), I'm +1 both on the proposed solution and deprecation.of `link_to()` Jim On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 10:45 AM Barney Gale wrote: > Hi, > > Pathlib's sym