ref: 4fb65ae3e84f536a9b924082b7c59a30d5802e6b
dir: /sys/lib/python/dircache.py/
"""Read and cache directory listings.
The listdir() routine returns a sorted list of the files in a directory,
using a cache to avoid reading the directory more often than necessary.
The annotate() routine appends slashes to directories."""
import os
__all__ = ["listdir", "opendir", "annotate", "reset"]
cache = {}
def reset():
    """Reset the cache completely."""
    global cache
    cache = {}
def listdir(path):
    """List directory contents, using cache."""
    try:
        cached_mtime, list = cache[path]
        del cache[path]
    except KeyError:
        cached_mtime, list = -1, []
    mtime = os.stat(path).st_mtime
    if mtime != cached_mtime:
        list = os.listdir(path)
        list.sort()
    cache[path] = mtime, list
    return list
opendir = listdir # XXX backward compatibility
def annotate(head, list):
    """Add '/' suffixes to directories."""
    for i in range(len(list)):
        if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(head, list[i])):
            list[i] = list[i] + '/'