[Python-Dev] Issue 11406: adding os.scandir(), a directory iterator returning stat-like info

[Ronald Oussoren]

On 10 May, 2013, at 16:30, MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
>> 
> [snip]
> In the python-ideas list there's a thread "PEP: Extended stat_result"
> about adding methods to stat_result.
> 
> Using that, you wouldn't necessarily have to look at st.st_mode. The method could perform an additional os.stat() if the field was None. For
> example:
> 
> # Build lists of files and directories in path
> files = []
> dirs = []
> for name, st in os.scandir(path):
>     if st.is_dir():
>         dirs.append(name)
>     else:
>         files.append(name)
> 
> That looks much nicer.

I'd prefer a filetype field, with 'st.filetype == "dir"' instead of 'st.is_dir()'. The actual type of filetype values is less important, an enum type would also work although bootstrapping that type could be interesting.

Ronald

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