On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 1:41 PM dn via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote:
> On 26/11/2020 05:46, Bob van der Poel wrote: > > I've got a program which accepts an optional env variable listing a > single > > or multiple directory for the app to use. I've done a bit of a search and > > see both a comma and semicolon being used/suggested as a path separator. > > Any consensus on which is better? > > > Further to comments about some users expecting one option, whereas > others may be thinking of another... > > > Herewith an irreverent article from "ElReg". > > NB Do not read "The Register" unless you can cope with sardonic, > British, humor; and especially if you do not believe that "confession is > good for the soul"! > > It's always DNS, especially when a sysadmin makes a hash of their > semicolons > Remember the days when 'we made it up as we went along'? > Richard Speed Mon 23 Nov 2020 // 08:15 UTC > https://www.theregister.com/2020/11/23/who_me/ > -- > Regards =dn > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > This article clearly represents things which could go wrong in the good old days. Those days are gone forever and things like that could never go wrong today :) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
