<![CDATA[I've never seen a feature in a programming language as simultaneously intuitive, counterintuitive, clever, stupid, and useful as: from pathlib import Path; print(Path("foo") / "bar")]]>I've never seen a feature in a programming language as simultaneously intuitive, counterintuitive, clever, stupid, and useful as: from pathlib import Path; print(Path("foo") / "bar")

Like I hate that this exists and I will use it from now on now that I know it does.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/376bd4db-8302-4a7b-bb37-57d138d6f50a/i-ve-never-seen-a-feature-in-a-programming-language-as-simultaneously-intuitive-counterintuitive-clever-stupid-and-useful-as-from-pathlib-import-path-print-path-foo-barRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 00:22:42 GMTTue, 12 May 2026 09:29:38 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I've never seen a feature in a programming language as simultaneously intuitive, counterintuitive, clever, stupid, and useful as: from pathlib import Path; print(Path("foo") / "bar") on Tue, 12 May 2026 17:44:53 GMT]]>@tamzin

pathlib's Path class is fantastic - but the "cute" overload of the division operator for this kind of annoys me, now. It sure grabs your attention when you first see it, but I don't know why - it started bugging me.

It's nice to know I'm not the only one with mixed feelings about it.

Still use it, of course 😉

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/cazabon/statuses/116562846884882940https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/cazabon/statuses/116562846884882940Tue, 12 May 2026 17:44:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've never seen a feature in a programming language as simultaneously intuitive, counterintuitive, clever, stupid, and useful as: from pathlib import Path; print(Path("foo") / "bar") on Tue, 12 May 2026 10:57:40 GMT]]>@tamzin Took me a minute to see it. That's hilarious. Maybe I'll start actually using pathlib just to entertain myself...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/davidr/statuses/116561245673273761https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/davidr/statuses/116561245673273761Tue, 12 May 2026 10:57:40 GMT