[issue15221] os.path.is*() may return False if path can't be accessed

Mariatta Wijaya added the comment: Thanks! -- resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue15221] os.path.is*() may return False if path can't be accessed

Mariatta Wijaya added the comment: New changeset bb80645d06c16461b0b58d8983cd7fa6962ba3c6 by Mariatta (Miss Islington (bot)) in branch '3.6': bpo-15221: Update os.path.is*() documentation (GH-5185) (GH-5186)

[issue15221] os.path.is*() may return False if path can't be accessed

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[issue15221] os.path.is*() may return False if path can't be accessed

Mariatta Wijaya added the comment: New changeset b3dd18d4035803b50c65a434955966d1b3b1f363 by Mariatta (Cheryl Sabella) in branch 'master': bpo-15221: Update os.path.is*() documentation (GH-5185)

[issue15221] os.path.is*() may return False if path can't be accessed

Cheryl Sabella added the comment: I created a PR for this by making the word 'existing' a link to 'os.path.exists' since Nick mentioned that that word already implied the definition. -- nosy: +csabella versions: +Python 3.7 -Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3

[issue15221] os.path.is*() may return False if path can't be accessed

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[issue15221] os.path.is*() may return False if path can't be accessed

New submission from Giampaolo Rodola' g.rod...@gmail.com: It seems a doc fix is the best way to go, in which case I leave this one to a native English speaker: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-June/120788.html Alternatively a new 'strict' parameter has been proposed as a

[issue15221] os.path.is*() may return False if path can't be accessed

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[issue15221] os.path.is*() may return False if path can't be accessed

Antoine Pitrou pit...@free.fr added the comment: -1 on a strict parameter. This is a pointless obfuscation of the API. -- nosy: +pitrou ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue15221

[issue15221] os.path.is*() may return False if path can't be accessed

Nick Coghlan ncogh...@gmail.com added the comment: The os.path.exists() docs already cover all the gory details of when it may be false due to limited permissions. The is* docs refer to this by their use of the word existing, but that's probably too subtle. I suggest adding an extra sentence