giovanni bajo ethabdevelercom wed 30 apr 2008 160231 0700 guido van rossum wrote one use case see iteratorversion oslistdir named osopendir globbing huge directory looking certain pattern using oslistdir end needed enough memory hold names using osopendir would need enough memory hold names match also start processing files one one without wait whole list constructed might take time network file system fact user might even want abort operation files processed case whole directory accessed giovanni bajo develer srl httpwwwdevelercom _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 055702 0000 python3000 removal ospathwalk