Re: [Python-Dev] cpython: Issue #12715: Add an optional symlinks argument to shutil functions (copyfile,

2011-12-30 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:29:36 -0600 Brian Curtin br...@python.org wrote: Can we expect that readers on Windows know how os.symlink works, or should the stipulations of os.symlink usage also be laid out or at least linked to from there? I assume it won't make a difference in real life, since

Re: [Python-Dev] cpython: Issue #12715: Add an optional symlinks argument to shutil functions (copyfile,

2011-12-30 Thread Brian Curtin
On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 13:39, Antoine Pitrou solip...@pitrou.net wrote: On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:29:36 -0600 Brian Curtin br...@python.org wrote: Can we expect that readers on Windows know how os.symlink works, or should the stipulations of os.symlink usage also be laid out or at least linked