aahz tlxapythoncraftcom thu may 01 2008 martin v lwis wrote guido van rossum wrote one use case see iteratorversion oslistdir named osopendir globbing huge directory looking certain pattern using oslistdir end needed enough memory hold names using osopendir would need enough memory hold names match would still read entire directory right kind class number applications eg du1 also wouldnt create list files directory add sizes files incrementally actually primary application im thinking cgi displays part directory listing paged manual processing individual files question really whether problem keep file names memory simultaneously aahz says total memory consumption large directory still comparatively low todays machines single process throw together three ten processes adds said huge problem defintely potential pain aahz tlxapythoncraftcom httpwwwpythoncraftcom help hearingimpaired person httprule6infohearinghtml _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 232422 0700 python3000 removal ospathwalk