> Only exposing what the OS provides for free will make the API too difficult > to use in the common case. But is there a nice way to expand the API that > will allow the user who is trying to avoid extra expense know what > information is already available? > > Even if the initial version doesn't have a way to check what information is > there for free, ensuring there is a clean way to add this in the future > would be really nice.
We could easily add ".had_type" and ".had_lstat" properties (not sure on the names), that would be true if the is_X information and lstat information was fetched, respectively. Basically both would always be True on Windows, but on POSIX only had_type would be True d_type is present and != DT_UNKNOWN. I don't feel this is actually necessary, but it's not hard to add. Thoughts? -Ben _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
