June 27, 2014
2:21 a.m.
On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 09:37:50PM -0400, Ben Hoyt wrote:
I don't mind iterdir() and would take it :-), but I'll just say why I chose the name scandir() -- though it wasn't my suggestion originally:
iterdir() sounds like just an iterator version of listdir(), kinda like keys() and iterkeys() in Python 2. Whereas in actual fact the return values are quite different (DirEntry objects vs strings), and so the name change reflects that difference a little.
+1 I think that's a good objective reason to prefer scandir, which suits me, because my subjective opinion is that "iterdir" is an inelegant and less than attractive name. -- Steven