[issue26115] pathlib.glob('**') returns only directories

[JitterMan]

JitterMan added the comment:

It may be what the documentation says it will do, but is not what it should do. 
I believe that because:

1. Currently ** in pathlib matches only directories, but **.py matches files. 
That seems inconsistent.
2. In bash, and csh, ** matches files and directories. To get the same in 
pathlib one must use **/*, which is inconsistent with what we have used for 
many decades.
3. With the traditional meaning of **, it is easy to constrain the match to 
directories by adding slash to the end of the glob (just use **/).
4. There is considerable value in supporting the traditional meaning of glob 
strings. Globbing is a very powerful feature, and it is often offered to the 
end user in shell-like situations. For example, sftp offers globbing. When 
offering globbing to the end users it is best to be consistent the globbing 
they are already familiar with.
5. There is no significant advantage to the difference between pathlib globbing 
and traditional globbing.

Globbing in pathlib is different from traditional globbing in another important 
way. pathlib does not distinguish between hidden files and directories and 
normal files and directories.  There may be isolated cases where that is 
preferred, but generally that is not true. Indeed, the primary characteristic 
of being hidden is that it should not be included in globbing. One marks a file 
or directory to be hidden specifically to mean 'do not include this one when 
selecting groups of files or directories'. Once the glob string has been 
expanded, it is possible to filter out the hidden files and directories, but it 
very difficult to do if there are several levels of directories because when 
weeding out the matches that should not be be included you have to look for 
hidden items at all levels of the path.

Globbing has been available and largely unchanged for almost 50 years. I 
encourage you to strongly consider making pathlib globbing more consistent with 
what we have all grown up with.

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[issue26115] pathlib.glob('**') returns only directories

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[issue26115] pathlib.glob('**') returns only directories

[SilentGhost]

SilentGhost added the comment:

It is, however, exactly what documentation says it should do:

> The “**” pattern means “this directory and all subdirectories, recursively”.

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resolution:  -> not a bug
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status: open -> closed

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