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

[Ben Finney]

Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au> writes:

> I think it should be '.' [instead of ‘os.path.curdir’].
>
> It is possible to arrange directory permissions so that you can't open
> curdir because it traverses a directory to which one lacks permissions,
> but you can still open '.'.

What distinction are you drawing?

    >>> os.path.curdir
    '.'

Do you get a different result?

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