[issue13143] os.path.islink documentation is ambiguous

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset f463387d2434 by Benjamin Peterson in branch '2.7': clarify that islink only really works if python knows about symlinks (closes #13143) http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/f463387d2434 New changeset db7887f3e6a2 by Benjamin Peterson in branch '3.4': c

[issue13143] os.path.islink documentation is ambiguous

Yayoi Ukai added the comment: Documentation is updated to be more clear -- keywords: +patch nosy: +terab Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file35515/mywork.patch ___ Python tracker

[issue13143] os.path.islink documentation is ambiguous

Ezio Melotti added the comment: > Symlink awareness under Windows was added to Python in Python 3.2 If they are not available on Windows with 2.7, the doc should get an "availability: unix" or something similar (depending on where they are actually supported), or mention explicitly symlink fo

[issue13143] os.path.islink documentation is ambiguous

Jason R. Coombs added the comment: Thanks Garen for the detailed analysis and writeup. The short answer to your question is "supported by the Python runtime". Allow me to provide a bit of history. Symlink awareness under Windows was added to Python in Python 3.2, so the behavior you see in P

[issue13143] os.path.islink documentation is ambiguous

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[issue13143] os.path.islink documentation is ambiguous

New submission from Garen : The documentation for os.path.islink says: "Return True if path refers to a directory entry that is a symbolic link. Always False if symbolic links are not supported." But what does "supported" mean? "Supported" by what? Supported by the OS, or supported by the P