scandir slower than listdir

[Terry Reedy]

On 7/20/2017 1:33 AM, Torsten Bronger wrote:
> Hallöchen!
> 
> With a 24,000 files directory on an SSD running Ubuntu,
> 
>      #!/usr/bin/python3
> 
>      import os, time
> 
> 
>      start = time.time()
>      list(os.listdir("/home/bronger/.saves"))

listdir returns a list of na

>      print("listdir:", time.time() - start)
> 
>      start = time.time()
>      list(os.scandir("/home/bronger/.saves"))

scandir returns an iterator of DirEntry objects which contain more 
information than the mere name.

>      print("scandir:", time.time() - start)
> 
> yields
> 
> listdir: 0.045470237731933594
> scandir: 0.08043360710144043

So you are comparing apples and apple tarts.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy