gh-146646: Document that glob functions suppress OSError#147996
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Document that glob.glob() and glob.iglob() silently suppress any OSError exceptions raised while scanning the filesystem, such as PermissionError when accessing directories without read permission. The pathlib.Path.glob() docs already note this behavior (added in 3.13), but the glob module docs did not mention it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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glob.glob()andglob.iglob()documentation thatOSErrorexceptions raised from scanning the filesystem are silently suppressedPermissionErrorwhen accessing directories without read permissionpathlib.Path.glob()docs already document this behavior (added in 3.13 via aversionchangednote), but theglobmodule docs did not mention itAs @vstinner noted in the issue, the
globmodule ignores allOSErrorerrors (not just access errors) — for example,_iterdir()wraps its scanner inexcept OSError: return.📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://cpython-previews--147996.org.readthedocs.build/