On Tue, Oct 20, 2020, at 07:42, Steve Dower wrote: > On 20Oct2020 0520, Rob Cliffe wrote: > > On 19/10/2020 12:42, Steve Dower wrote: > >> On 15Oct2020 2239, Rob Cliffe via Python-Dev wrote: > >>> TLDR: In os.scandir directory entries, atime is always a copy of > >>> mtime rather than the actual access time. > >> > >> Correction - os.stat() updates the access time to _now_, while > >> os.scandir() returns the last access time without updating it. > >> > >> Eryk replied with a deeper explanation of the cause, but fundamentally > >> this is what you are seeing. > >> > >> Feel free to file a bug, but we'll likely only add a vague note to the > >> docs about how Windows works here rather than changing anything. If > >> anything, we should probably fix os.stat() to avoid updating the > >> access time so that both functions behave the same, but that might be > >> too complicated. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Steve > > Sorry - what you say does not match the behaviour I observe, which is that > > Yes, I posted a correction already (immediately after sending the first > email).
ok, see, the correction you posted doesn't address the part of your claim that people are taking issue with, which is that *calling os.stat() causes the atime to be set to the time of the call to os.stat()*. This is not the same thing as [correctly] saying that "calling os.stat() may return a more up-to-date atime, the time of the last read, write, or other operation", and the phrasing "updates the access time to _now_" certainly *seemed* unambiguous. And at this point it's not clear to me whether you understand that people are reading your claim this way. What correction, exactly, do you mean? The post I saw with the word "Correction" on it is the one that *makes* the claim people are taking issue with. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/O63FMQYOHASHZ33CWBYQMD3H3XYGT5QC/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
