http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3848
--- Comment #7 from Sobirari Muhomori <dfj1es...@sneakemail.com> 2010-03-01 07:04:11 PST --- (In reply to comment #1) > Thanks, I'll look into it. Just like you, I'm unclear whether isdir() vs. > isfile() should automatically dereference the link. I think we should keep the > current behavior and add an islink() test that tells whether the thing is > actually a link. Actually windows gone the same way: if you want to examine symlink, you should state it explicitly. (In reply to comment #2) > The main problem with having isdir() and isfile() continuing to use stat, and > having the programmer just call issymlink() to check whether it's a link is > that that's a call to stat _and_ a call to lstat, and from what I understand > stat and lstat are a bit expensive (presumably because they have to talk to > disk). They don't talk to disk, they talk to disk cache. -- Configure issuemail: http://d.puremagic.com/issues/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: -------