Re: [Python-Dev] Path PEP: some comments (equality)

2006-02-23 Thread Chris AtLee
On 2/20/06, Mark Mc Mahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > It seems that the Path module as currently defined leaves equality > testing up to the underlying string comparison. My guess is that this > is fine for Unix (maybe not even) but it is a bit lacking for Windows. > > Should the path clas

Re: [Python-Dev] Path PEP: some comments (equality)

2006-02-22 Thread Greg Ewing
Mark Mc Mahon wrote: > Should the path class implement an __eq__ method that might do some of > the following things: > - Get the absolute path of both self and the other path I don't think that any path operations should implicitly touch the file system like this. The paths may not represent re

Re: [Python-Dev] Path PEP: some comments (equality)

2006-02-22 Thread Jason Orendorff
On 2/20/06, Mark Mc Mahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It seems that the Path module as currently defined leaves equalitytesting up to the underlying string comparison. My guess is that thisis fine for Unix (maybe not even) but it is a bit lacking for Windows. Should the path class implement an __eq_

[Python-Dev] Path PEP: some comments (equality)

2006-02-21 Thread Mark Mc Mahon
Hi, It seems that the Path module as currently defined leaves equality testing up to the underlying string comparison. My guess is that this is fine for Unix (maybe not even) but it is a bit lacking for Windows. Should the path class implement an __eq__ method that might do some of the following