Listing regular files with directory_member/2

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Currently, using the option file_type(regular) causes directory_member/2 to fail without any solutions, no matter what is in that directory.

$ mkdir foo
$ cd foo
$ touch a b c
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?- directory_member(., M, [file_type(regular)]).
false.

It seems that this has been noticed already two years ago. With that change, the specific use case works correctly:

?- directory_member(., M, [file_type(regular)]).
M = a ;
M = c ;
M = b.

Is there any problem with the linked PR? Can it be merged or does it need improvement?

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It was just missed :frowning: Merged. Thanks for reviving this.

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