[Python-Dev] cpython: issue9584: Add {} list expansion to glob. Original patch by Mathieu Bridon

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Thu Nov 8 21:46:00 CET 2012


On 11/08/2012 09:43 PM, Georg Brandl wrote:
> 
> Needs a versionchanged.
> 
> In any case, brace expansion is not part of globbing (see the bash or zsh
> manuals) because it does not generate valid file names, and it is a non-POSIX
> expansion of some shells.  Are you sure it should be put into the glob module?
> (Not speaking of the backward incompatibility it creates.)

Sorry, just saw the reversion.  Never mind, my concerns have been addressed.

Georg



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