R. David Murray <rdmur...@bitdance.com> added the comment: Indeed, as I remember it there are people using commonprefix as a string function in situations having nothing to do with os paths.
I'm changing the title to reflect the fact that this is really a feature request for a new function. IMO it is a reasonable feature request. Finding a name for it ought to be an interesting exercise. I think that this should only be accepted if there is also a windows implementation. ---------- nosy: +r.david.murray stage: -> needs patch title: os.path.commonprefix broken by design -> new os.path function to extract common prefix based on path components type: -> feature request _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue10395> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
