Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 471: scandir(fd) and pathlib.Path(name, dir_fd=None)

Am 01.07.14 09:44, schrieb Victor Stinner: > scandir(fd) must not close the file descriptor, it should be done by > the caller. Handling the lifetime of the file descriptor is a > difficult problem, it's better to let the user decide how to handle > it. This is an open issue still: when is the fil

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 471: scandir(fd) and pathlib.Path(name, dir_fd=None)

> 2014-07-02 12:51 GMT+02:00 Charles-François Natali : >> I don't think we should support it: it's way too complicated to use, >> error-prone, and leads to messy APIs. > > Can you please elaborate? Which kind of issue do you see? Handling the > lifetime of the directory file descriptor? Yes, among

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 471: scandir(fd) and pathlib.Path(name, dir_fd=None)

2014-07-02 12:51 GMT+02:00 Charles-François Natali : > I don't think we should support it: it's way too complicated to use, > error-prone, and leads to messy APIs. Can you please elaborate? Which kind of issue do you see? Handling the lifetime of the directory file descriptor? You don't like the

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 471: scandir(fd) and pathlib.Path(name, dir_fd=None)

2014-07-01 8:44 GMT+01:00 Victor Stinner : > > IMO we must decide if scandir() must support or not file descriptor. > It's an important decision which has an important impact on the API. I don't think we should support it: it's way too complicated to use, error-prone, and leads to messy APIs.

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 471: scandir(fd) and pathlib.Path(name, dir_fd=None)

Ben Hoyt writes: > Thanks, Victor. > > I don't have any experience with dir_fd handling, so unfortunately > can't really comment here. > > What advantages does it bring? I notice that even os.listdir() on > Python 3.4 doesn't have anything related to file descriptors, so I'd > be in favour of not

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 471: scandir(fd) and pathlib.Path(name, dir_fd=None)

2014-07-01 14:26 GMT+02:00 Ben Hoyt : > Thanks, Victor. > > I don't have any experience with dir_fd handling, so unfortunately > can't really comment here. > > What advantages does it bring? I notice that even os.listdir() on > Python 3.4 doesn't have anything related to file descriptors, so I'd >

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 471: scandir(fd) and pathlib.Path(name, dir_fd=None)

Thanks, Victor. I don't have any experience with dir_fd handling, so unfortunately can't really comment here. What advantages does it bring? I notice that even os.listdir() on Python 3.4 doesn't have anything related to file descriptors, so I'd be in favour of not including support. We can always