On 8/10/19 7:05 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 6:39 PM Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> There are *many* valid ways to write Windows pathnames in your code: >> >> 1. Raw strings >> 2. Doubling the backslashes >> 3. Using pathlib (possibly with slash as a directory separator, where >> it's explicitly noted as a portable option) >> 4. Using slashes >> >> IMO, using slashes is the *worst* of these. But this latter is a >> matter of opinion - I've no objection to others believing differently, >> but I *do* object to slashes being presented as the only option, or >> the recommended option without qualification. > Please expand on why this is the worst? > > ChrisA
One big issue with trying to get use to using / on windows for the directory separator is that it doesn't work for many windows programs because on Windows the / character is defined to be the option character (instead of - for *nix) Yes, you can write your program to use the foreign convention of using - for options, and because the system calls accept either \ or / as the directory separator, paths which use the 'wrong' separator will work, but your program will be violating the conventions of the host environment. -- Richard Damon _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/RMEUSPLAST7INRQQDLILW3IYETWDITMV/
