Remove os.path.walk

Doc/library/os.path.rst

@@ -261,30 +261,6 @@ write files see :func:`open`, and for accessing the filesystem see the
    *unc* will always be the empty string. Availability:  Windows.
 
 
-.. function:: walk(path, visit, arg)
-
-   Calls the function *visit* with arguments ``(arg, dirname, names)`` for each
-   directory in the directory tree rooted at *path* (including *path* itself, if it
-   is a directory).  The argument *dirname* specifies the visited directory, the
-   argument *names* lists the files in the directory (gotten from
-   ``os.listdir(dirname)``). The *visit* function may modify *names* to influence
-   the set of directories visited below *dirname*, e.g. to avoid visiting certain
-   parts of the tree.  (The object referred to by *names* must be modified in
-   place, using :keyword:`del` or slice assignment.)
-
-   .. note::
-
-      Symbolic links to directories are not treated as subdirectories, and that
-      :func:`walk` therefore will not visit them. To visit linked directories you must
-      identify them with ``os.path.islink(file)`` and ``os.path.isdir(file)``, and
-      invoke :func:`walk` as necessary.
-
-   .. note::
-
-      The newer :func:`os.walk` :term:`generator` supplies similar functionality
-      and can be easier to use.
-
-
 .. data:: supports_unicode_filenames
 
    True if arbitrary Unicode strings can be used as file names (within limitations

Lib/macpath.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from genericpath import *
 __all__ = ["normcase","isabs","join","splitdrive","split","splitext",
            "basename","dirname","commonprefix","getsize","getmtime",
            "getatime","getctime", "islink","exists","lexists","isdir","isfile",
-           "walk","expanduser","expandvars","normpath","abspath",
+           "expanduser","expandvars","normpath","abspath",
            "curdir","pardir","sep","pathsep","defpath","altsep","extsep",
            "devnull","realpath","supports_unicode_filenames"]
 
@@ -154,33 +154,6 @@ def normpath(s):
         s = s[:-1]
     return s
 
-
-def walk(top, func, arg):
-    """Directory tree walk with callback function.
-
-    For each directory in the directory tree rooted at top (including top
-    itself, but excluding '.' and '..'), call func(arg, dirname, fnames).
-    dirname is the name of the directory, and fnames a list of the names of
-    the files and subdirectories in dirname (excluding '.' and '..').  func
-    may modify the fnames list in-place (e.g. via del or slice assignment),
-    and walk will only recurse into the subdirectories whose names remain in
-    fnames; this can be used to implement a filter, or to impose a specific
-    order of visiting.  No semantics are defined for, or required of, arg,
-    beyond that arg is always passed to func.  It can be used, e.g., to pass
-    a filename pattern, or a mutable object designed to accumulate
-    statistics.  Passing None for arg is common."""
-
-    try:
-        names = os.listdir(top)
-    except os.error:
-        return
-    func(arg, top, names)
-    for name in names:
-        name = join(top, name)
-        if isdir(name) and not islink(name):
-            walk(name, func, arg)
-
-
 def abspath(path):
     """Return an absolute path."""
     if not isabs(path):

Lib/ntpath.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from genericpath import *
 __all__ = ["normcase","isabs","join","splitdrive","split","splitext",
            "basename","dirname","commonprefix","getsize","getmtime",
            "getatime","getctime", "islink","exists","lexists","isdir","isfile",
-           "ismount","walk","expanduser","expandvars","normpath","abspath",
+           "ismount", "expanduser","expandvars","normpath","abspath",
            "splitunc","curdir","pardir","sep","pathsep","defpath","altsep",
            "extsep","devnull","realpath","supports_unicode_filenames","relpath"]
 
@@ -226,40 +226,6 @@ def ismount(path):
     return len(p) == 1 and p[0] in '/\\'
 
 
-# Directory tree walk.
-# For each directory under top (including top itself, but excluding
-# '.' and '..'), func(arg, dirname, filenames) is called, where
-# dirname is the name of the directory and filenames is the list
-# of files (and subdirectories etc.) in the directory.
-# The func may modify the filenames list, to implement a filter,
-# or to impose a different order of visiting.
-
-def walk(top, func, arg):
-    """Directory tree walk with callback function.
-
-    For each directory in the directory tree rooted at top (including top
-    itself, but excluding '.' and '..'), call func(arg, dirname, fnames).
-    dirname is the name of the directory, and fnames a list of the names of
-    the files and subdirectories in dirname (excluding '.' and '..').  func
-    may modify the fnames list in-place (e.g. via del or slice assignment),
-    and walk will only recurse into the subdirectories whose names remain in
-    fnames; this can be used to implement a filter, or to impose a specific
-    order of visiting.  No semantics are defined for, or required of, arg,
-    beyond that arg is always passed to func.  It can be used, e.g., to pass
-    a filename pattern, or a mutable object designed to accumulate
-    statistics.  Passing None for arg is common."""
-
-    try:
-        names = os.listdir(top)
-    except os.error:
-        return
-    func(arg, top, names)
-    for name in names:
-        name = join(top, name)
-        if isdir(name):
-            walk(name, func, arg)
-
-
 # Expand paths beginning with '~' or '~user'.
 # '~' means $HOME; '~user' means that user's home directory.
 # If the path doesn't begin with '~', or if the user or $HOME is unknown,

Lib/os2emxpath.py

@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ import os
 import stat
 from genericpath import *
 from ntpath import (expanduser, expandvars, isabs, islink, splitdrive,
-                    splitext, split, walk)
+                    splitext, split)
 
 __all__ = ["normcase","isabs","join","splitdrive","split","splitext",
            "basename","dirname","commonprefix","getsize","getmtime",
            "getatime","getctime", "islink","exists","lexists","isdir","isfile",
-           "ismount","walk","expanduser","expandvars","normpath","abspath",
+           "ismount","expanduser","expandvars","normpath","abspath",
            "splitunc","curdir","pardir","sep","pathsep","defpath","altsep",
            "extsep","devnull","realpath","supports_unicode_filenames"]
 

Lib/posixpath.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from genericpath import *
 __all__ = ["normcase","isabs","join","splitdrive","split","splitext",
            "basename","dirname","commonprefix","getsize","getmtime",
            "getatime","getctime","islink","exists","lexists","isdir","isfile",
-           "ismount","walk","expanduser","expandvars","normpath","abspath",
+           "ismount", "expanduser","expandvars","normpath","abspath",
            "samefile","sameopenfile","samestat",
            "curdir","pardir","sep","pathsep","defpath","altsep","extsep",
            "devnull","realpath","supports_unicode_filenames","relpath"]
@@ -193,44 +193,6 @@ def ismount(path):
     return False
 
 
-# Directory tree walk.
-# For each directory under top (including top itself, but excluding
-# '.' and '..'), func(arg, dirname, filenames) is called, where
-# dirname is the name of the directory and filenames is the list
-# of files (and subdirectories etc.) in the directory.
-# The func may modify the filenames list, to implement a filter,
-# or to impose a different order of visiting.
-
-def walk(top, func, arg):
-    """Directory tree walk with callback function.
-
-    For each directory in the directory tree rooted at top (including top
-    itself, but excluding '.' and '..'), call func(arg, dirname, fnames).
-    dirname is the name of the directory, and fnames a list of the names of
-    the files and subdirectories in dirname (excluding '.' and '..').  func
-    may modify the fnames list in-place (e.g. via del or slice assignment),
-    and walk will only recurse into the subdirectories whose names remain in
-    fnames; this can be used to implement a filter, or to impose a specific
-    order of visiting.  No semantics are defined for, or required of, arg,
-    beyond that arg is always passed to func.  It can be used, e.g., to pass
-    a filename pattern, or a mutable object designed to accumulate
-    statistics.  Passing None for arg is common."""
-
-    try:
-        names = os.listdir(top)
-    except os.error:
-        return
-    func(arg, top, names)
-    for name in names:
-        name = join(top, name)
-        try:
-            st = os.lstat(name)
-        except os.error:
-            continue
-        if stat.S_ISDIR(st.st_mode):
-            walk(name, func, arg)
-
-
 # Expand paths beginning with '~' or '~user'.
 # '~' means $HOME; '~user' means that user's home directory.
 # If the path doesn't begin with '~', or if the user or $HOME is unknown,

Misc/NEWS

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Library
 
 - The imputil module has been removed.
 
+- os.path.walk has been removed in favor of os.walk
+
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