[Python-Dev] PEP 362 Third Revision

Benjamin Peterson benjamin at python.org
Fri Jun 15 05:20:02 CEST 2012


2012/6/14 Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org>:
> Also, it's more granular than that.  For example, Python now understands
> symbolic links on Windows--but only haphazardly at best.  The
> "follow_symlinks" argument works on Windows for os.stat() but not for
> os.chmod().

Then indeed it's more granular than a parameter being "implemented" or
not. A parameter may have a more restricted or extended meaning on
different operating systems. (sendfile() on files for example).


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Regards,
Benjamin


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