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Author socketpair
Recipients socketpair
Date 2011-03-05.10:17:58
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Message-id <1299320278.86.0.403600489598.issue11406@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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Big dirs are really slow to read at once. If user wants to read items one by one like here:
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for i in os.listdir()
    use(i)
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having generator will gain performance, as big directories often very fragmented on disk. Also, dir_cache in kernel used more effectively.
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Date User Action Args
2011-03-05 10:17:59socketpairsetrecipients: + socketpair
2011-03-05 10:17:58socketpairsetmessageid: <1299320278.86.0.403600489598.issue11406@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2011-03-05 10:17:58socketpairlinkissue11406 messages
2011-03-05 10:17:58socketpaircreate