Ned Deily added the comment: I think you are misunderstanding how del and mutable sequences work. In your code snippet, the del unbinds the name "root_dir" but it does not alter the dirnames list object returned by os.path. Try replacing "del root_dir" with "del root_dir[:]" or "root_dir.clear()".
http://docs.python.org/3/reference/simple_stmts.html#the-del-statement http://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#mutable-sequence-types ---------- nosy: +ned.deily resolution: -> invalid stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue20764> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
