[Chicago] Reading From a Directory

[Clyde Forrester]

Carl Karsten wrote:
> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Clyde Forrester
> <clydeforrester at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Outsourcing something that fundamental to a shell or module still bugs me,
> 
> that statement bugs me :)
> 
> os.listdir() is an interface between the python vm and the OS's api to
> do what you want.  It is about as elegant as you can get.  Curious:
> what bugs you about it?
> 
> 
I'm making the tough mental shift from

It's so trivially easy that everyone EXCEPT Python has the ability to 
open, read, and close a directory. What could be easier?

to

Just because you CAN do it that way, doesn't mean you SHOULD. Or, for 
that matter, that it's the most direct or simplest way.

Yeah, yeah. I'll get over it.

c4