Re: "." and ".." returned by dir()

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Robert Craig wrote:

> Juergen Luethje wrote:
>> in the documentation of dir() it reads:
>> <quote>
>> If st names a *directory* you may have entries for "." and ".."
>> </quote>
>> 
>> After my experience, those entries are normally at the _beginning_
>> of the list which is returned by dir(). Can I rely on the assumption
>> that this is _always_ the case?
> 
> I don't know.
> I don't force it to be that way.

Thank you, both Ricardo and Rob!
So in order to play it safe, I'll not rely on that assumption.

Regards,
   Juergen

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