New submission from Ben FrantzDale <b...@formlabs.com>: The sortedness of glob.glob's output is platform-dependent. While the docs do not mention sorting, and so are strictly correct, if you are on a platform where its output is sorted, it's easy to believe that the output is always sorted.
I propose we a Note maybe next to "Note: Using the “**” pattern in large directory trees may consume an inordinate amount of time." that says "Note: While the output of glob.glob may be sorted on some architectures, ordering is not guaranteed. Use `sort(glob.glob(...))` if ordering is important." This wrong assumption burned us when scripts inexplicably stopped working on OSX High Sierra. ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 315254 nosy: Ben FrantzDale priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: glob.glob should explicitly note that results aren't sorted type: enhancement versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue33275> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
