[issue3187] os.walk - strange bug

[Helmut Jarausch]

New submission from Helmut Jarausch <jarausch at skynet.be>:

The script below produces 1664 lines of output before it bails out with
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "WalkBug.py", line 5, in <module>
for Dir, SubDirs, Files in os.walk('/home/jarausch') :
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.0/os.py", line 278, in walk
for x in walk(path, topdown, onerror, followlinks):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.0/os.py", line 268, in walk
if isdir(join(top, name)):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.0/posixpath.py", line 64, in join
if b.startswith('/'):
TypeError: expected an object with the buffer interface

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file  WalkBug.py:

#!/usr/local/bin/python3.0

import os

for Dir, SubDirs, Files in os.walk('/home/jarausch') :
  print("processing {0:d} files in {1}".format(len(Files),Dir))

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 68674
nosy: HWJ
severity: normal
status: open
title: os.walk - strange bug
type: crash
versions: Python 3.0

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