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

[Guido van Rossum]

2009/5/22 Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com>:
>>> os.listdir(os.curdir) <-> os.listdir()
>
> +1
>
> Lots of functions have useful defaults and this one would be familiar to
> everyone who programs (what does "dir" do without arguments on Windows or an
> "ls" do without arguments for Linux).

+1

Can't see how it would really cause any confusion.

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