[Python-ideas] os.listdir default to '.'

[Rob Cliffe]

In Python 2.5 you can at least say os.listdir('') which had the same effect.
In Python 2.7 you can't.

Strictly speaking I think the default value should be os.path.curdir, 
not specifically '.'

+1 from me
+1 on allowing the empty string argument again (may avoid breaking some 
old code)

Rob Cliffe

On 12/01/2012 15:02, Michael Foord wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I frequently use Python from the interactive interpreter as a shell. 
> It is a frequent, but mild, irritant that I have to type 
> os.listdir('.') instead of just os.listdir().
>
> How about making '.' a default argument for os.listdir ?
>
> All the best,
>
> Michael
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