NickC wrote: > [Re: how to get at the base class] > > Do you really want to have a "only works for Path" way to get at the > base class, rather than using the canonical Path.__bases__[0]? > > How about a new property in the os.path module instead? Something like > os.path.path_type. > > Then os.path.path_type is unicode if and only if > os.path.supports_unicode_filenames is True. Otherwise, > os.path.path_type is str. > > Then converting a Path to str or unicode is possible using: > > as_str_or_unicode = os.path.path_type(some_path) > > The other thing is that you can simply make Path inherit from > os.path.path_type.
That's what I suggested with Path.Base. It has the advantage that you don't have to import os.path to get at it (Path is meant so that you can avoid os.path). Reinhold -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
