R. David Murray <rdmur...@bitdance.com> added the comment:
I think it might be OK to document what goes in to the signature, but probably in a footnote, as it is somewhat of an implementation detail and could conceivably change. We could then also add a caution about mtime imprecision being a particular risk on some file systems. I wouldn't want to put such a caution in the main doc paragraphs, but in a footnote I think it would be OK. ---------- resolution: rejected -> stage: resolved -> needs patch status: closed -> open title: filecmp.cmp returns True on files that differ -> Document what components make up the filecmp.cmp os.stat signature. versions: +Python 3.8 -Python 2.7, Python 3.4, Python 3.5 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue33896> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
