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

[Massimo Di Pierro]

+1

On Jan 12, 2012, at 9:14 AM, Rob Cliffe wrote:

> 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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