From: Pierre Barbier de Reuille <Pierre.Barbier_de_Reuille@...>
Date: 2006-07-16T22:24:10+09:00
Subject: Re: possible DIR["**"] anomaly

Alex Young wrote:
> Pierre Barbier de Reuille wrote:
> <snip>
>> Make me wonder if anybody had proposed to use the operator / for joining
>> files component.
>> A recent addition to Python is a class that inherit string but with all
>> the facilities for paths (i.e. globbing, listing, joining, ...) and I
>> must say it is very convenient. The previous two lines could be written
>> something like:
>>
>> librbfiles = Path.new("**")/"lib"/"**"/"*.rb"
>> librbfiles.glob
>>
>> I think I will write it and post it here so that you may have a feeling
>> for what it can (or cannot) do.
>
> Like this?
>
> http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/pathname/rdoc/classes/Pathname.html
>
Indeed ^^
I didn't yet know half the ruby classes :/
The only thing is, instead of +, IMHO the operator / would make more
sense for joining paths.

But ok, it is already existing :)

Pierre