[openlp-dev] Moving OpenLP over to pathlib

[Daniel Borges]

Sounds good for me. Recentily I had problems with it (
https://bugs.launchpad.net/openlp/+bug/1689131).

Thank you Phill!

2017-08-03 5:48 GMT-03:00 Philip Ridout <phill.ridout at gmail.com>:

> OpenLP currently uses string objects to represent file and directory
> paths. From Python 3.4 pathlib, a new module introducing a Path object, was
> included in the standard library.
> Switching to this Path object will allow us to deal with file paths on
> different platforms easier. In some cases it also reduces LOC and in my
> opinion makes the code cleaner and easier to read.
>
> As trb commented "[it's] cleaver and a different mindset."
>
> Superfly particularly liked the proposal for storing paths in a platform
> independent way.
>
> This is going to be a big change, so will take quite a few merges.
> In-between merges I will need to introduce temporary code too keep OpenLP
> working until I can complete this transition.
>
> Finally I've created a wiki page with an explanation of the pathlib, some
> proposals, samples of old v new code and some differences that I have come
> across. Please have a read: https://wiki.openlp.org/Scratchpad:Paths
>
> Finally I would recommend the pathlib documentation at:
> https://docs.python.org/3.4/library/pathlib.html
>
> Phill
>
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