[Python-Dev] PEP 428 - pathlib API questions (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Mon Nov 25 00:35:29 CET 2013

On 25 Nov 2013 09:14, "Ben Hoyt" <benhoyt at gmail.com> wrote:

>> 4) Is pathobj.glob() recursive? In the PEP it looks like it is if the >> pattern starts with '**', > > > I don't think it has to start with **. Rather, the ** is > a pattern that can span directory separators. It's not a > flag that applies to the whole thing -- a pattern could have > a * in one place and a ** in another. Oh okay, that makes more sense. It definitely needs more thorough documentation in that case. I would still prefer the simpler and more explicit rglob() / recursive=True rather than pattern new syntax, but I don't feel as strongly anymore.

Using "**" for directory spanning globs is also another case of us borrowing a reasonably common idiom from *nix systems that may not be familiar to Windows users.

Cheers, Nick.

-Ben

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