Path as an object in std.path

[monarch_dodra]

On Friday, 7 June 2013 at 17:27:16 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 6/7/13 1:04 PM, monarch_dodra wrote:
>> I think using string as the main form of representation for a 
>> path is fine.
>>
>> However, there are times where it is convenient to be able to 
>> explode a
>> path into a structure, where each part is clearly separate 
>> from the
>> next.
>
> Tuple!(
>     string, "drive",
>     string[], "folders",
>     string, "basename",
>     string, "extension"
> )
> parsePath(string path);
>
> string buildPath(string drive, string[] folders, string 
> basename, string extension);
>
>
> Andrei

Yeah. That's pretty much more or less what I was describing. 
Except "buildPath" would take your (unnamed) tuple type directly.

There'd be also be a "filename" member/ufcs function in there for 
convenience.

I think that would be a small, but useful, addition to std.path.