+1 On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 11:28 AM, R. David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com>wrote: > "Raymond Hettinger" <python at rcn.com> wrote: > > >> os.listdir(os.curdir) <-> os.listdir() > > > > +1 > > > > Lots of functions have useful defaults and this one would be familiar to > everyone who programs (what does "dir" do without arguments > > on Windows or an "ls" do without arguments for Linux). >> +1. I remember being surprised that os.listdir() did not work > (I was expecting the requested behavior). If this were not > parallel to the default behavior of ls and dir I'd be -1, but > as it is I think it is less surprising for it to work. >> --David >> _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > -- -------------------------------------------------- Tennessee Leeuwenburg http://myownhat.blogspot.com/ "Don't believe everything you think" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/attachments/20090523/5a6805c9/attachment.html>