Dmi Baranov added the comment: > Also, as mentioned, what you want to hide is not necessarily > well-defined. For example, under Unix you might want > to hide "*~" files.
Yes, and instead of adding another parameters, something like that: os.listdir(path, show_hidden=False, hidden_files_mask='*~', but_show_directories=True, something_etc=None) I suggest leaving the "hidden files" logic outside of stdlib (in the end-user code). Welcome to `glob` / `fnmatch` modules :-) ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue18087> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com