Michael Foord wrote:
> There was code posted that used the (almost entirely sane) pattern :
>
> new_filename = os.path.splitext(old_filename)[1] + '.bak'
>
> That was broken but is now fixed. It follows the entirely natural
> assumption that filename without an extension would not have the
> filename put in the extension half of the tuple.
Well, I'd argue the sanity of it, but you're right - it was posted.
> The documentation (not the docstring) actually says :
>
> splitext( path)
>
> Split the pathname path into a pair (root, ext) such that root +
> ext == path, and ext is empty or begins with a period and contains at
> most one period.
>
> Even the docstring only states that either part may be empty, hardly
> documenting what is clearly a misfeature.
splitext(p)
Split the extension from a pathname.
Extension is everything from the last dot to the end.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Return (root, ext), either part may be empty.
That's pretty explicit.
Tim Delaney
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