On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 21:45:17 +0100 (CET) andrew.kuchling <python-check...@python.org> wrote: > http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/cce14bc9b675 > changeset: 87371:cce14bc9b675 > user: Andrew Kuchling <a...@amk.ca> > date: Fri Nov 22 15:45:02 2013 -0500 > summary: > Wording changes to pathlib docs. > > Only possibly-controversial change: joinpath() was described as: > > "Calling this method is equivalent to indexing the path with each of > the *other* arguments in turn." > > 'Indexing' is an odd word to use, because you can't subscript Path or > PurePath objects, so I changed it to "combining".
You're right, "indexing" dates back to when pathlib used subscripting to combine paths together (e.g. you would write my_path['Lib']['test'] or my_path['Lib/test'] to access the 'Lib/test' subpath of my_path), but now pathlib uses the '/' operator. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
