[New-bugs-announce] [issue34353] stat's python implementation of filemode (fallback) doesn't behave like the C implementation

[G]

New submission from G <gpery at protonmail.com>:

stat.py (Lib/stat.py)'s implementation of filemode doesn't account for socket-type files, while _stat (Modules/_stat.c) does, using S_IFSOCK.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 323248
nosy: gpery
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: stat's python implementation of filemode (fallback) doesn't behave like the C implementation
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.8

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