Re: glob's new include_hidden parameter

On 9/12/22 19:48, Eryk Sun wrote:
> On 9/12/22, Mats Wichmann <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> If `include_hidden` is true, the patterns '*', '?', '**'  will
>> match hidden directories.
> 
> Shouldn't this explain what a "hidden directory" is? For example, a
> Windows user may think this means a directory with
> FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN set, but that's not what's meant here. Also, I
> think it should note that enabling include_hidden negates the earlier
> claim that "files beginning with a dot (.) can only be matched by
> patterns that also start with a dot". For example, glob.glob('*',
> include_hidden=True) includes all of the conventionally hidden
> directories and hidden files in the current directory.

sounds like a good point to me.