Le Fri, 10 May 2013 13:46:30 +0200, Christian Heimes <christ...@python.org> a écrit : > > Hence I'm +1 on the general idea but -1 on something stat like. IMHO > os.scandir() should yield four objects: > > * name > * inode > * file type or DT_UNKNOWN > * stat_result or None > > stat_result shall only be returned when the operating systems > provides a full stat result as returned by os.stat().
But what if some systems return more than the file type and less than a full stat result? The general problem is POSIX's terrible inertia. I feel that a stat result with some None fields would be an acceptable compromise here. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com