New submission from Brian Curtin <cur...@acm.org>: ntpath.samefile is currently implemented using GetFinalPathNameByHandle, which doesn't work for hard links.
Since I introduced values for os.stat().st_ino in #8879 (which implemented os.link), I suspect we can possibly change ntpath.samefile to be the same as posixfile.samefile and leave st_ino. Hirokazu questioned whether or not that st_ino change was correct, but I think it will be fine on NTFS. As FAT does not support links anyways, there would be no issue with potential st_ino issues there as we wouldn't be comparing them for any reason. (part of the reason I created this is that we have discussion on st_ino and samefile in a few different places and I'm losing track of where we're at) ---------- assignee: brian.curtin components: Library (Lib), Windows messages: 123564 nosy: brian.curtin, ocean-city priority: normal severity: normal stage: unit test needed status: open title: ntpath.samefile doesn't work for hard links type: behavior versions: Python 3.2 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue10646> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
