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YSK: there is a library called pathlib with different methods for accessing files which you might like since they do not require a context manager (lemmy.world)
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https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html

I'm creating this post mainly so that I don't forget the name again.

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[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's also a really fun example of operator overloading. __div__ is overloaded to allow this syntax.

>>> p = PurePath('/etc')    
>>> p    
PurePosixPath('/etc')    
>>> p / 'init.d' / 'apache2'    
PurePosixPath('/etc/init.d/apache2')
[-] kabi@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

Disgusting. I love it!

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