In message <mailman.1734.1245302345.8015.python-l...@python.org>, Ethan Furman wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> In message <20090617214535.10866...@coercion>, Mike Kazantsev wrote: >> >> >>>On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:04:37 +1200 >>>Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>In message <20090617142431.2b25f...@malediction>, Mike Kazantsev wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:53:33 +1200 >>>>>Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>>Why not use hex representation of md5/sha1-hashed id as a path, >>>>>>>arranging them like /path/f/9/e/95ea4926a4 ? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>That way, you won't have to deal with many-files-in-path problem ... >>>>>> >>>>>>Why is that a problem? >>>>> >>>>>So you can os.listdir them? >>>> >>>>Why should you have a problem os.listdir'ing lots of files? >>> >>>I shouldn't, and I don't ;) >> >> Then why did you suggest that there was a problem being able to >> os.listdir them? > > He didn't ... He replied to my question "Why is that a problem?" with "So you can os.listdir them?". Why reply with an explanation of why it's a problem if you don't think it's a problem? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
