Martin v. Löwis <mar...@v.loewis.de> added the comment: > Big dirs are really slow to read at once.
Do you a proof for that claim? How big, and how really slow? > for i in os.listdir() > use(i) Also, how long does use(i) take, and what reduction (in percent) can you gain from listdir iterating? In short, I'm skeptical that there is an actual problem to be solved here. ---------- nosy: +loewis _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue11406> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com