[issue18087] os.listdir don't show hidden option

[Dmi Baranov]

Dmi Baranov added the comment:

> Also, as mentioned, what you want to hide is not necessarily
> well-defined. For example, under Unix you might want
> to hide "*~" files.

Yes, and instead of adding another parameters, something like that:

os.listdir(path, show_hidden=False, hidden_files_mask='*~', but_show_directories=True, something_etc=None)

I suggest leaving the "hidden files" logic outside of stdlib (in the end-user code). Welcome to `glob` / `fnmatch` modules :-)

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