On 23/12/15 05:29, Random832 wrote: > > This is surprising to anyone accustomed to the POSIX C remove > function, which can remove either files or directories. Is there > any known rationale for this decision? >
Hello, in POSIX C the remove() function is actually rmdir() when called on a directory: http://bit.ly/1NE1rfZ I'm not sure about the rationale behind raising OSError if the argument is a directory though. Maybe the "There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it." philosophy explains it. :-) Lau -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
