On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 12:00 AM, INADA Naoki <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I feel adding protocol only for path is bit over engineering. So I'm -0.5 > on adding __fspath__. > > I'm +1 on adding general protocol for *coerce to string* like __index__. > isn't __str__ the protocol for "coerce to string" ? __index__ is a protocol for "coerce to an integer that can be used as an index", which is like __fspath__ would be "coerce to a string that can be used as a path" the whole point is that __str__ will "work" with virtually anything -- whether it can reasonably be used as a path or not. I'm not sure that's a problem, but if it is, then that's what this new protocol is trying to solve, just like __Index__ enforces that only things that are intended to be used as indexes will work. -CHB -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [email protected]
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