On 2016-05-15 11:46, Peter Otten wrote: > def sorted_dir(folder): > def getmtime(name): > path = os.path.join(folder, name) > return os.path.getmtime(path) > > return sorted(os.listdir(folder), key=getmtime, reverse=True) > > The same idea will work with pathlib and os.scandir(): > > def _getmtime(entry): > return entry.stat().st_mtime > > def sd_sorted_dir(folder): > return sorted(os.scandir(folder), key=_getmtime, reverse=True)
unless sorted() returns a lazy sorter, you lose most of the advantages of scandir() being lazy since you have to read the entire directory list into memory to sort it. -tkc -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
