[Python-ideas] Extend the os.stat() result objects with methods like isfile() and isdir()

[Paul Moore]

On 2 May 2013 17:49, Pieter Nagel <pieter at nagel.co.za> wrote:

> I propose adding methods like isfile(), isdir(), islink(), isfifo() and
> so on - basically everything that would currently be done via code like
> "stat.S_ISREG(s.st_mode)".
>
> Please indicate support or not, so I can know whether to draft a PEP and
> work on implementation.
>

+1 for all the reasons you mention. I would never think of using
stat.S_ISREG(s.st_mode) - it looks too low level. But s.isfile() looks
completely obvious.

Paul
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