From: shevegen@... Date: 2016-03-20T16:15:40+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:74477] [Ruby trunk Feature#12194] File.dirname optional parameter Issue #12194 has been updated by Robert A. Heiler. I myself have found Pathname harder or less elegant to use than the direct File* or Dir* methods so I am in support of the suggestion by nobu. So to Benoit, I understand that you may consider File.dirname(path, 2) not ideal either (a user may wonder what the 2 means), the alternative suggestion to use Pathname is not ideal either and additionally requires pathname call: require 'pathname' # require 'fileutils'; FileUtils.mkdir_p('/tmp/foobar/') # <-- this line just for testing purpose, disregard it Pathname("/tmp/foobar/").parent.parent.to_s # => "/" Being able to directly do so on File.dirname() itself is good, in my opinion. ---------------------------------------- Feature #12194: File.dirname optional parameter https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12194#change-57596 * Author: Nobuyoshi Nakada * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: ---------------------------------------- As talked at the last developers' meeting, I propose an addition of an optional parameter to `File.dirname`. Often I see the code, like ```ruby File.dirname(File.dirname(path)) # or File.expand_path("../..", path) ``` which are not concise. This proposal can make them as: ```ruby File.dirname(path, 2) ``` https://github.com/ruby/ruby/compare/trunk...nobu:feature/dirname-level?expand=1 -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: