[issue33210] pkgutil.walk_packages gives incomplete results

Nick Coghlan added the comment: I think this is actually two distinct problems, one documentation one (which should be addressed in the online docs for all currently maintained versions), and one actual functional issue. The documentation issue is the one you've reported:

[issue33210] pkgutil.walk_packages gives incomplete results

Cyker Way added the comment: Update test program. -- Added file: https://bugs.python.org/file47519/test.py ___ Python tracker ___

[issue33210] pkgutil.walk_packages gives incomplete results

Change by Cyker Way : Removed file: https://bugs.python.org/file47516/test.py ___ Python tracker ___

[issue33210] pkgutil.walk_packages gives incomplete results

Change by Brett Cannon : -- nosy: -brett.cannon ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue33210] pkgutil.walk_packages gives incomplete results

Change by Ned Deily : -- nosy: +brett.cannon, eric.snow, ncoghlan ___ Python tracker ___

[issue33210] pkgutil.walk_packages gives incomplete results

New submission from Cyker Way : The current implementation of `pkgutil.walk_packages()` is confusing. Users may be given incomplete results while no exception is raised if they don't explicitly provide the `prefix` parameter. The doc says: > prefix is a string to output