[Python-Dev] Updates to PEP 471, the os.scandir() proposal

[Ben Hoyt]

> Better to just have the attributes be None if they were not fetched.  None
> is better than hasattr anyway, at least in the respect of not having to
> catch exceptions to function properly.

The thing is, is_dir() and lstat() are not attributes (for a good
reason). Please read the relevant "Rejected ideas" sections and let us
know what you think. :-)

-Ben