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

[Victor Stinner]

Le mardi 8 juillet 2014, Ben Hoyt <benhoyt at gmail.com> a écrit :

>
> > It is not clear to me which methods share the cache.
> >
> > On UNIX, is_dir() and is_file() call os.stat(); whereas lstat() and
> > is_symlink() call os.lstat().
> >
> > If os.stat() says that the file is not a symlink, I guess that you can
> > use os.stat() result for lstat() and is_symlink() methods?
> >
> > In the worst case, if the path is a symlink, would it be possible that
> > os.stat() and os.lstat() become "inconsistent" if the symlink is
> > modified between the two calls? If yes, I don't think that it's an
> > issue, it's just good to know it.
> >
> > For symlinks, readdir() returns the status of the linked file or of the
> symlink?
>
> I think you're misunderstanding is_dir() and is_file(), as these don't
> actually call os.stat(). All DirEntry methods either call nothing or
> os.lstat() to get the stat info on the entry itself (not the
> destination of the symlink).


Oh. Extract of your PEP: "is_dir(): like os.path.isdir(), but much cheaper".

genericpath.isdir() and genericpath.isfile() use os.stat(), whereas
posixpath.islink() uses os.lstat().

Is it a mistake in the PEP?

> In light of this, I don't think what you're describing above is an issue.

I'm not saying that there is an issue, I'm just trying to understand.

Victor
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