[issue11406] There is no os.listdir() equivalent returning generator instead of list

[Serhiy Storchaka]

Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com> added the comment:

> On Unix, doing os.stat
> on the directory, then looking on st_nlink, will tell you whether
> the directory is empty (st_nlink is 2 on an empty directory).

Directory with st_nlink==2 can contains any number of non-directory files. And one subdirectory if this directory is root.

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nosy: +storchaka

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