[Python-ideas] Make Path objects iterable

[Serhiy Storchaka]

On 26.02.17 15:39, Vamsi Krishna Avula wrote:
> This is somewhere between a question and a proposal. I'm just trying to understand why Path objects use an explicit iterdir method.
> Why not make them iterable?

Because this is ambiguous. Iterating can mean many different things:

1. Iterate characters of string representation of the path (str(path)).

2. Iterate path components (path.parts).

3. Open a file and iterate its lines (path.open()).

4. Iterate files in the directory (path.iterdir()).