Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!newsfeed.eweka.nl!eweka.nl!feeder3.eweka.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'win32': 0.03; 'syntax': 0.03; 'string.': 0.04; '(python': 0.05; 'inserts': 0.07; 'puts': 0.07; 'subject:Question': 0.07; 'trailing': 0.07; 'python': 0.09; 'backslash': 0.09; 'highlighting': 0.09; 'worse': 0.09; "'\\\\'": 0.16; '-tkc': 0.16; 'interprets': 0.16; 'mistake.': 0.16; 'syntaxerror:': 0.16; 'string': 0.17; 'wrote:': 0.17; '>>>': 0.18; 'feb': 0.19; 'all,': 0.21; 'import': 0.21; 'latter': 0.22; 'posted': 0.22; '(i.e.,': 0.23; 'task': 0.23; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'am,': 0.27; '+0100': 0.27; 'correct': 0.28; 'all.': 0.28; '>>>>': 0.29; 'url:mailman': 0.29; "i'm": 0.29; 'knows': 0.30; 'stuff': 0.30; 'code': 0.31; 'url:python': 0.32; 'url:listinfo': 0.32; 'docs': 0.33; 'anyone': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'that,': 0.34; 'url:org': 0.36; 'method': 0.36; 'correctly': 0.37; 'does': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'easier': 0.38; 'nothing': 0.38; 'sure': 0.38; 'shows': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:192': 0.39; 'notice': 0.39; 'received:192.168': 0.40; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'remove': 0.61; 'ever': 0.63; 'laptop': 0.66; 'received:74.208': 0.71; 'presented': 0.72; '2013': 0.84; 'beside': 0.84; 'ok?': 0.84; 'received:74.208.4.194': 0.84; 'joel': 0.91; 'subject:Best': 0.91 Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:10:59 -0500 From: Dave Angel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130106 Thunderbird/17.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Best Practice Question References: <5110F277.9020205@davea.name> <1931346778.15606854.1360074752203.JavaMail.root@sequans.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:VzsGQeqwCYmSwtyUGzYXM5IAEvAnbG+LXM9sQijg+2y q+dXn1eovvi34xaEGYIlJ9IvLVK//dztSfxI1ESE2wVQM13H8E sur0P+IEIk4CZT2mKb0K6q7Ahk0k/an6zuyK2ii2UflARH7+nY Kl4Qet3GPymfM4zXVc3ZgTzR8rquBi0V9qnhC33NLg7d1RDjlV wMfNCu0zCGlxq5ek6/F3WvTRJQnIBpqBvPz0uR9nEQFRA0L2PZ RniqzK4k3FILKVtvTNVGnNtyx2sLdU5Ih470lWDEU/gcZBsqQE 3uaeP0nQpkUGsj36wy2FU8M9knu/XWZ3Oo5JX6H7yVR6G82WQ= = X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 58 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1360087880 news.xs4all.nl 6944 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:53647 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:38210 On 02/05/2013 11:53 AM, Joel Goldstick wrote: > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Anthony Correia wrote: > >> On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 10:17:54 AM UTC-5, pytho...@tim.thechases.comwrote: >>> On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 15:32:32 +0100 (CET), Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: >>> >>>> By the way, did someone ever notice that r'\' fails ? I'm sure >>> >>>> there's a reason for that... (python 2.5) Anyone knows ? >>> >>>> >>> >>>> r'\' >>> >>>> SyntaxError: EOL while scanning single-quoted string >>> >>> >>> >>> I hit this all the time with Vim's path-completion (":help >>> >>> i_CTRL-X_CTRL-F") on Win32 which puts a trailing "\" on >>> >>> directory-names. I just need to remember to remove it, a task made >>> >>> easier because the syntax highlighting correctly shows how Python >>> >>> interprets it (i.e., the string is still continued). >>> >>> >>> >>> -tkc >> >> Sorry about that I hit the touchpad on my laptop by mistake. Beside the >> using single '\' vs a double '\\' does that look ok? >> -- >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >> > > according to the docs for os.path.join, you don't need the backslash stuff > at all. Python knows the correct separator for your os and inserts it > accordingling: > I'm on linux: > >>>> import os >>>> p = os.path.join('bob', 'bill') >>>> p > 'bob/bill' >>>> > Worse than that, the code as posted by the OP used string concatenation before calling os.path.join(), and the latter method does nothing at all, when presented with a single string. -- DaveA