Add a note that order of files is not defined
>From 9cd9fbb12ef73b72526190573cba0392ead5fd9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ruslan Baratov <ruslan_bara...@yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 02:53:37 +0600 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: file(GLOB*) order is not guaranteed
Since this command use 'readdir' under the hood the order of list is undefined: * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8977441/does-readdir-guarantee-an-order --- Help/command/file.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Help/command/file.rst b/Help/command/file.rst index bbddd40..a441054 100644 --- a/Help/command/file.rst +++ b/Help/command/file.rst @@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ Generate a list of files that match the ``<globbing-expressions>`` and store it into the ``<variable>``. Globbing expressions are similar to regular expressions, but much simpler. If ``RELATIVE`` flag is specified, the results will be returned as relative paths to the given -path. +path. Command doesn't guarantee any ordering. If order is important you have +to sort list manually (e.g. using :command:`list(SORT)` command). By default ``GLOB`` lists directories - directories are omited in result if ``LIST_DIRECTORIES`` is set to false. -- 2.4.5
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