[issue25596] Use scandir() to speed the glob module

[Serhiy Storchaka]

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment:

Results of microbenchmarks for glob_scandir_4.patch:

$ ./python -m timeit -s "from glob import glob" -- "glob('**/*', recursive=True)"
Unpatched: 275 msec per loop
Patched:   79.4 msec per loop

$ ./python -m timeit -s "from glob import glob" -- "glob('/usr/lib*/**/*', recursive=True)"
Unpatched: 2.11 sec per loop
Patched:   624 msec per loop

$ ./python -m timeit -s "from glob import glob" -- "glob('/usr/lib*/**/', recursive=True)"
Unpatched: 1.79 sec per loop
Patched:   281 msec per loop

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