[issue13863] import.c sometimes generates incorrect timestamps on Windows + NTFS

[Mark Dickinson]

Mark Dickinson <dickinsm at gmail.com> added the comment:

Also seen on Windows Vista;  seems to be a general Windows + NTFS problem.

Changing title to make it clearer that this is a core language issue.

It seems as though the correct fix would be to use something like GetFileInformationByHandle in place of the fstat calls in import.c.

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title: Using py_compile does not prevent recompilation due to 'bad mtime'. -> import.c sometimes generates incorrect timestamps on Windows + NTFS

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