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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