[Python-ideas] os.listdir with current working directory as default

[Zac Burns]

> You'd better be careful with it. The "current directory" is process-wide and so
> modifying it in a thread will affect all other threads in your program. I'm not
> saying all programs have this characteristic, but relying on the current
> directory rather than explicit paths isn't always a good idea...
>
> Regards
>
> Antoine.
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I agree with Antoine, but would go further to say that making it a
default argument is an enablement - just making it easier for people
to follow a bad pattern.

This doesn't apply to all default arguments of course, just that the
working directory is "considered harmful" and we probably shouldn't
make changes that make it easier for people to use.

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