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GH-117727: Speed up pathlib.Path.iterdir() by using os.scandir() #117728

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GH-117727: Speed up `pathlib.Path.iterdir()` by using `os.scandir()`
barneygale Apr 10, 2024
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Merge branch 'main' into iterdir-scandir
barneygale Apr 11, 2024
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Merge branch 'main' into iterdir-scandir
barneygale Apr 12, 2024
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Remove errant newline
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26 changes: 6 additions & 20 deletions Lib/pathlib/__init__.py
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Expand Up @@ -584,26 +584,12 @@ def iterdir(self):
The children are yielded in arbitrary order, and the
special entries '.' and '..' are not included.
"""
return (self._make_child_relpath(name) for name in os.listdir(self))


def _make_child_relpath(self, name):
if not name:
return self
path_str = str(self)
tail = self._tail
if tail:
path_str = f'{path_str}{self.parser.sep}{name}'
elif path_str != '.':
path_str = f'{path_str}{name}'
else:
path_str = name
path = self.with_segments(path_str)
path._str = path_str
path._drv = self.drive
path._root = self.root
path._tail_cached = tail + [name]
return path
root_dir = str(self)
with os.scandir(root_dir) as scandir_it:
paths = [entry.path for entry in scandir_it]
if root_dir == '.':
paths = map(self._remove_leading_dot, paths)
return map(self._from_parsed_string, paths)

def glob(self, pattern, *, case_sensitive=None, recurse_symlinks=False):
"""Iterate over this subtree and yield all existing files (of any
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-04-10-21-30-37.gh-issue-117727.uAYNVS.rst
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Speed up :meth:`pathlib.Path.iterdir` by using :func:`os.scandir`
internally.