[issue18306] os.stat gives exception for Windows junctions in v3.3

[Christian Heimes]

Christian Heimes added the comment:

There is much confusing about junction point on the internet. Some sites like Wikipedia claim that a junction point is a kind of soft link. Other sites refer to junction points as "directory hard links".

IMO "directory hard links" is wrong. Contrary to file hard links a junction point doesn't keep the target directory alive when the target is removed.

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