Thanks for the clarifications and support. > Ah, the wording in the PEP says "Linux, Windows, OS X". Superficially, > that said "everywhere" to me. It might be worth calling out > specifically some examples where it's not available without an extra > system call, just to make the point explicit.
Good call. I'll update the wording in the PEP here and try to call out specific examples of where is_dir() could call os.stat(). Hard-core POSIX people, do you know when readdir() d_type will be DT_UNKNOWN on (for example) Linux or OS X? I suspect this can happen on certain network filesystems, but I'm not sure. > PS I'd suggest adding a "Rejected proposals" section to the PEP which > mentions the race condition issue and points to this discussion as an > indication that people didn't seem to see it as a problem. Definitely agreed. I'll add this, and clarify various other issues in the PEP, and then repost. -Ben _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
