René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Path should format when 'base' missing and 'name' and 'ext' exist","articleBody":"This test shows that `name` and `ext` are not taken into account when using `path.format` without a `base`. \n\nThe common usage this is preventing is this:\n\n``` javascript\nvar src = path.parse(srcpath)\nsrc.base = null\nif(src.ext === '') src.ext = '.js'\nsrc = path.format(src)\n```\n\nHowever this doesn't do anything.\n\n``` javascript\nvar path = require('path')\nvar assert = require('assert')\n\n// pulled from https://nodejs.org/api/path.html#path_path_format_pathobject\n/* global describe, it */\n\ndescribe('node path', function () {\n\n  it('should work as documented', function () {\n    assert.equal(path.format({\n      root: '/',\n      dir: '/home/user/dir',\n      base: 'file.txt',\n      ext: '.txt',\n      name: 'file'\n    }), '/home/user/dir/file.txt')\n  })\n\n  it('should not work if missing base', function () {\n    assert.notEqual(path.format({\n      root: '/',\n      dir: '/home/user/dir',\n      ext: '.txt',\n      name: 'file'\n    }), '/home/user/dir/file.txt')\n  })\n\n  it('should show ext and name are irrelevant', function () {\n    assert.equal(path.format({\n      root: '/',\n      dir: '/home/user/dir',\n      ext: '.txt',\n      name: 'file'\n    }), path.format({\n      root: '/',\n      dir: '/home/user/dir'\n    }))\n  })\n\n})\n```\n\nhttps://github.com/nodejs/io.js/blob/master/lib/path.js#L584\n\nI can write a pull request, if anyone else thinks this is a good idea.\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/reggi","@type":"Person","name":"reggi"},"datePublished":"2015-08-05T09:47:08.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":4},"url":"https://github.com/2305/node/issues/2305"}