mguilmineau
Why is :list_dir wrapped in a :gen_server call in Path's Wildcard module?
On Windows at times, Path.wildcard( "/a/b/*/c/d" ) will fail due to time out. Looking into why, I found a :gen_server.call(:file_server_2, tuple) with no configurable timeout in elixir’s path.ex.
However I can simply get the same result using erlang’s :filelib.wildcard( '/a/b/*/c/d' )
I would like to know why the GenServer wrapper in path.ex: am I walking into a snake’s nest by using :filelib directly? Is the intent to single-process access the filesystem, or else? Or is the purpose simply to prevent elixir halting on long filesystem access and have it abort before erlang will?
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josevalim
The implementations are relatively the same. Path.wildcard also uses :filelib. Calling :filelib directly calls :file that calls a GenServer but with the timeout of infinity. We should fix this on the Elixir side of things.
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