Éric Araujo <mer...@netwok.org> added the comment: During the discussion about adding a chowntree function to shutil (http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2011-May/111661.html and ), Victor suggested this:
> I don't like the idea of a recursive flag. I would prefer a "map-like" > function to "apply" a > function on all files of a directory. Something like > shutil.apply_recursive(shutil.chown)... > ... maybe with options to choose between deep-first search and breadth-first > search, filter > (filenames, file size, files only, directories only, other attributes?), > directory before > files (may be need for chmod(0o000)), etc. Such a function removes the need for copytee, rmtree, dosomethingelsetree, etc. When I first read this feature request I thought it was the same idea, but after reading it again I see that you propose a function that walks and returns, not a function that walks and applies a callback. Both use cases are important, so an apply_tree function could be implemented on top of your filter_walk (I’ll open another report if we reach agreement on the idea of these two functions working together). ---------- nosy: +haypo _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue13229> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
