On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Fred L. Drake, Jr. wrote:
Andrew M. Kuchling writes: ...
opendir(), readdir(), closedir() -- most of their functionality is available through os.listdir(), but it might be useful to have a direct interface. Downside is that this would require a new extension type for the C DIR struct. My (lazy) inclination is to not bother.
[rewinddir() and seekdir() should be considered as well, where supported.]
There's more tedium than anything in implementing a new C type. I'm a little concerned that there might not be any real value here, but it's hard to be sure about that. Is there any real reason not to use os.listdir().
No need to do a new type. Just wrap the DIR* into a PyCObject. Add a magic number if you're worried about mixing CObjects. Cheers, -g -- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/