Re: [Python-ideas] Adding '**' recursive search to glob.glob

On 14.01.13 17:46, Vinay Sajip wrote:

Isn't the requirement to recurse implied by the presence of '**' in the pattern? What's to be gained by specifying it using allow_recursive as well?

I'll be glad to make it enabled by default, however I'm feeling this is too dangerous. glob('**') on FS root takes too long time. Perhaps that's why (and for backward compatibility) this option (called "starglob") is disabled by default in Bash.

Will having allow_recursive=True have any effect if '**' is not in the pattern? If you specify a pattern with '**' and allow_recursive=False, does that mean that '**' effectively acts as '*' would (i.e. one directory level only)?

Yes, as now.