On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 09:21:55 -0600, Ivan Van Laningham wrote: > Mmmm, how about: > > # mylistdir.py > import os, os.path > import sys > > def mylistdir(dir, join=False): > for file in os.listdir(dir): > if join: > yield join(dir, file) > else: > yield file > > print list(mylistdir(sys.argv[1])) > > or > > print list(mylistdir(sys.argv[1],os.path.join)) > > That way I could def my own join and call it as > > print list(mylistdir(sys.argv[1],myjoin))
I think that the implementation of listdir is done in C, so the functionality would be added in C too. by the way, I think 'join' (cute keyword) should be a boolean and not a callable: the obvious way is that we join path using os.path.join, and not some sophisticated function. With a boolean keyword code is smaller and if we want to use our special join function we can do it simply. e.g def func(dir,join=False): return (join and join(dir,x) or x for x in os.listdir(dir)) os.listdir is actually supposed not to be a generator, like you suggested. Are there known future changes ? Bye, Riccardo -- Riccardo Galli Sideralis Programs http://www.sideralis.net -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
