glob.glob inconsistent

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
15/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by reviewing the historical glob_preserve_sep.patch and linked PR gh-136834, then inspect the current glob.glob implementation and its tests. Confirm the inconsistent behavior described by the issue and determine whether the linked work already provides the expected result.

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Description

stdlib type-bug
BPO 1776674
Nosy @amauryfa, @ezio-melotti, @merwok, @serhiy-storchaka
Files
  • glob_preserve_sep.patch
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2007-08-18.00:14:50.000>
labels = ['type-bug', 'library']
title = 'glob.glob inconsistent'
updated_at = <Date 2015-02-09.17:40:03.988>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/norbidur'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2015-02-09.17:40:03.988>
actor = 'serhiy.storchaka'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2007-08-18.00:14:50.000>
creator = 'norbidur'
dependencies = []
files = ['18284']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 1776674
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 10.0
messages = ['32653', '108627', '111727', '111728', '112151', '172970', '172972', '172974', '208324', '235622']
nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['amaury.forgeotdarc', 'norbidur', 'kveretennicov', 'ezio.melotti', 'eric.araujo', 'serhiy.storchaka']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'low'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue1776674'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.3', 'Python 3.4']

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    • gh-136834
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