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authorMartin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>2010-07-23 12:16:41 (GMT)
committerMartin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>2010-07-23 12:16:41 (GMT)
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Issue #6095: Make directory argument to os.listdir optional.
Patch by Virgil Dupras.
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@@ -1049,10 +1049,10 @@ Files and Directories
Availability: Unix.
-.. function:: listdir(path)
+.. function:: listdir([path])
Return a list containing the names of the entries in the directory given by
- *path*. The list is in arbitrary order. It does not include the special
+ *path* (default: '.'). The list is in arbitrary order. It does not include the special
entries ``'.'`` and ``'..'`` even if they are present in the directory.
This function can be called with a bytes or string argument, and returns
@@ -1060,6 +1060,8 @@ Files and Directories
Availability: Unix, Windows.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.2
+ The *path* parameter became optional.
.. function:: lstat(path)