From e8d22642105d57007ab1242848a8cbadc7f179df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andre Delfino Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2020 16:10:20 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-36769: Document that fnmatch.filter supports any kind of iterable (#13039) --- Doc/library/fnmatch.rst | 2 +- Lib/fnmatch.py | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst b/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst index ce07d326b39..925f08e9146 100644 --- a/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst +++ b/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ patterns. .. function:: filter(names, pattern) - Return the subset of the list of *names* that match *pattern*. It is the same as + Construct a list from those elements of the iterable *names* that match *pattern*. It is the same as ``[n for n in names if fnmatch(n, pattern)]``, but implemented more efficiently. diff --git a/Lib/fnmatch.py b/Lib/fnmatch.py index 0eb1802bdb5..7c52c23067d 100644 --- a/Lib/fnmatch.py +++ b/Lib/fnmatch.py @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def _compile_pattern(pat): return re.compile(res).match def filter(names, pat): - """Return the subset of the list NAMES that match PAT.""" + """Construct a list from those elements of the iterable NAMES that match PAT.""" result = [] pat = os.path.normcase(pat) match = _compile_pattern(pat)