[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-682813 ] dircache.listdir doesn't signal error

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Bugs item #682813, was opened at 2003-02-08 11:23
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.2
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: paul rubin (phr)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: dircache.listdir doesn't signal error

Initial Comment:
dircache.listidir('some_non_existent_directory') simply

returns an empty list.  That's inconsistent with os.listdir

which raises an OSError exception.  I think

dircache.listdir

should also raise an exception if the directory can't

be read.

At minimum, though, the difference should be documented.



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>Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2003-09-20 17:54

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Fixed with said patch for 2.4.

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Comment By: Michael Stone (mbrierst)
Date: 2003-03-20 23:16

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I agree.  I posted patch #707167 to

make it raise the error.

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