On 2007-08-31, Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Neil
> Cerutti wrote:
>> Keeping in mind which came first, isn't it at least as
>> accurate to attribute this problem to Python's choice of
>> escape character?
>
> No, it's Microsoft's fault. The use of
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Neil Cerutti wrote:
> Keeping in mind which came first, isn't it at least as accurate
> to attribute this problem to Python's choice of escape character?
No, it's Microsoft's fault. The use of backslash as an escape character goes
back to Unix systems in the early
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
wrote:
> Even on Unix it shouldn't be a problem on most file systems to create a
> directory named 'C:'
Except that some commands (e.g. scp, rsync) will interpret the colon as
delimiting a host name.
Also remember that, unless you write it
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch a écrit :
> On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:28:52 -0400, Steve Holden wrote:
>
>
>>Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
>>
>>>Steve Holden a écrit :
>>>Indeed. But I doubt a path starting with 'C:' will work fine on a
>>>unix-like environment anyway !-)
>>
>>Just to be contrarian:
>>
>>[EM
On 2007-08-30, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Neil Cerutti wrote:
>> To me, Python's collection of special-purpose string literal
>> notations is one of its little warts.
>
> Well, it's a wart that's shared with many other languages -
> including, interestingly enough, Microsoft's very o
Steve Holden wrote:
[...]
> The fact is that some strings are always going to cause trouble.
> Unfortunately programming itself is a task that requires a little more
> knowledge to be applied to the task. Just learn the rules and move on.
As a quick follow-up, I had intended to comment on the us
Neil Cerutti wrote:
> On 2007-08-30, Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> mr_gadget a écrit :
>>> When I create a subfolder, python is not seeing it. Can someone please
>>> explain this behaviour ? I just started with python, read the tutorial over
>>> the weekend and am writing my v
On 2007-08-30, Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> mr_gadget a écrit :
>> When I create a subfolder, python is not seeing it. Can someone please
>> explain this behaviour ? I just started with python, read the tutorial over
>> the weekend and am writing my very first script. So I may
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:28:52 -0400, Steve Holden wrote:
> Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
>> Steve Holden a écrit :
>> Indeed. But I doubt a path starting with 'C:' will work fine on a
>> unix-like environment anyway !-)
>
> Just to be contrarian:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/Projects/python.org/build
>
Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
> Steve Holden a écrit :
>> Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
[...]
>> That does indeed work in most situations, but ideally (i.e. for maximum
>> code portability) paths should be constructed using os.path.join(), or
>> collected from the environment somehow.
>
> Indeed. But
Steve Holden a écrit :
> Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
(snip)
>> You can avoid all escaping by using raw strings:
>>
>> mypath = r"C:\enhancement\rawfiles\"
>>
> Please note that the above is a well-known syntax error. A string
> literal cannot end with a single backslash, as it escapes the closing
Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
> mr_gadget a écrit :
>> When I create a subfolder, python is not seeing it. Can someone please
>> explain this behaviour ? I just started with python, read the tutorial over
>> the weekend and am writing my very first script. So I may not be seeing
>> something. Both
Ciao mr_gadget,
> When I create a subfolder, python is not seeing it. Can someone please
> explain this behaviour ? I just started with python, read the tutorial over
> the weekend and am writing my very first script. So I may not be seeing
> something. Both os.path and glob.glob seem not to se
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:30:50 -0400, mr_gadget wrote:
> C:\>python -c "import os; print os.path.exists('C:\enhancement\rawfiles')"
>
> False
>
> C:\>python -c "import os; print os.path.exists('C:\\enhancement\\rawfiles')"
>
> True
The backward slash has a special meaning in string literals. It
mr_gadget schrieb:
> When I create a subfolder, python is not seeing it. Can someone please
> explain this behaviour ? I just started with python, read the tutorial over
> the weekend and am writing my very first script. So I may not be seeing
> something. Both os.path and glob.glob seem not to
mr_gadget a écrit :
> When I create a subfolder, python is not seeing it. Can someone please
> explain this behaviour ? I just started with python, read the tutorial over
> the weekend and am writing my very first script. So I may not be seeing
> something. Both os.path and glob.glob seem not to
When I create a subfolder, python is not seeing it. Can someone please
explain this behaviour ? I just started with python, read the tutorial over
the weekend and am writing my very first script. So I may not be seeing
something. Both os.path and glob.glob seem not to see a folder I created.
Ot
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