Issue #10283: Add a `group_pattern` argument to NNTP.list().
diff --git a/Lib/nntplib.py b/Lib/nntplib.py
index fde339a..d5786e2 100644
--- a/Lib/nntplib.py
+++ b/Lib/nntplib.py
@@ -571,14 +571,19 @@
cmd = 'NEWNEWS {0} {1} {2}'.format(group, date_str, time_str)
return self._longcmdstring(cmd, file)
- def list(self, *, file=None):
- """Process a LIST command. Argument:
+ def list(self, group_pattern=None, *, file=None):
+ """Process a LIST or LIST ACTIVE command. Arguments:
+ - group_pattern: a pattern indicating which groups to query
- file: Filename string or file object to store the result in
Returns:
- resp: server response if successful
- list: list of (group, last, first, flag) (strings)
"""
- resp, lines = self._longcmdstring('LIST', file)
+ if group_pattern is not None:
+ command = 'LIST ACTIVE ' + group_pattern
+ else:
+ command = 'LIST'
+ resp, lines = self._longcmdstring(command, file)
return resp, self._grouplist(lines)
def _getdescriptions(self, group_pattern, return_all):