[Python-Dev] what happened to find.py?

[Guido van Rossum]

> I cannot see any "find.py" in either Lib (where it
> is in all my copies of 1.5.2) or Lib/lib-old.

It *is* in Lib/lib-old.  Maybe the CVS mirror is messed up, we'll ask
Barry to investigate.  Maybe the branching messed things up?

> fwiw, I can think of a few dozen other standard
> library modules that I'd remove before this one.
> cannot we put it back?  please? :-)

It's better (and more illustrative) to use os.walk() to do this thing.

> (after all, it's been a reoccuring theme on
> comp.lang.python lately.  and 1.5.2+ breaks
> my new book...).

Good thing it isn't printed yet. :-)

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)