Jason R. Coombs <jar...@jaraco.com> added the comment:
What do you think about readlink returning something like:
class Link(str):
print_name = None # type: str | None
@property
def friendly_name(self) -> str:
return self.print_name or self
os.readlink would always return one of these Link objects, and since it's a
substr, it would behave the way it currently behaves, but with an additional
property. This approach would expose the underlying duality of the "name" of a
link or junction, such that tools that need a friendly name could use
.friendly_name and tools that need to inspect the print name could do that...
but for the cases that wish for the most precise target could use the default
value.
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