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Speed up pathlib.Path.glob() by working with strings internally #117586
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on Apr 6, 2024 The documentation doesn't seems to have been updated yet:
3.14.8 Documentation » The Python standard library » File and Directory Access » pathlib — Object-oriented filesystem pathsThe above still says that lists of paths are returned.
pathlib.Path.glob()currently generatesPathobjects for intermediate paths that might never be yielded to the user, which is slow and unnecessary. For example, a pattern like**/*.mp3is evaluated by creating aPathobject for every directory visited.There are already few tricks employed to avoid instantiation, but it would be better if only real results were converted to path objects.
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