[Python-Dev] Re: os.path.walk() lacks 'depth first' option (original) (raw)

Jeremy Fincher fincher.8@osu.edu
Fri, 25 Apr 2003 19:48:26 -0400

On Thursday 24 April 2003 12:50 pm, Guido van Rossum wrote:

Agreed. How about naming it os.walk()? I think it's not OS specific -- all the OS specific stuff is part of os.path. So we only need one implementation.

It's a minor quibble to be sure, but os.walk doesn't really describe what exactly it's doing. I'd suggest os.pathwalk, but that'd be too error-prone, being os.path.walk without a dot. Perhaps os.pathwalker?

Just a (likely ill-informed :)) opinion :)

Jeremy