[issue42999] `pathlib.Path.link_to()` documentation is misleading

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[issue42999] `pathlib.Path.link_to()` documentation is misleading

Steve Dower added the comment: New changeset 9f578734624d1c0172220556ca97898730144172 by Steve Dower in branch '3.8': bpo-42999: Expand and clarify pathlib.Path.link_to() documentation. (GH-24294) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9f578734624d1c0172220556ca97898730144172 --

[issue42999] `pathlib.Path.link_to()` documentation is misleading

Change by Steve Dower : -- pull_requests: +23994 pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/25258 ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue42999] `pathlib.Path.link_to()` documentation is misleading

Steve Dower added the comment: New changeset 34f93002bac980176a670ce2a4038c3be84effed by Steve Dower in branch '3.9': bpo-42999: Expand and clarify pathlib.Path.link_to() documentation. (GH-24294) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/34f93002bac980176a670ce2a4038c3be84effed --

[issue42999] `pathlib.Path.link_to()` documentation is misleading

Change by Steve Dower : -- pull_requests: +23993 pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/25257 ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue42999] `pathlib.Path.link_to()` documentation is misleading

Steve Dower added the comment: New changeset 8aac1bea2eeac25a49f8912b67aacbedf9bc7934 by Barney Gale in branch 'master': bpo-42999: Expand and clarify pathlib.Path.link_to() documentation. (GH-24294) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8aac1bea2eeac25a49f8912b67aacbedf9bc7934 -

[issue42999] `pathlib.Path.link_to()` documentation is misleading

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[issue42999] `pathlib.Path.link_to()` documentation is misleading

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[issue42999] `pathlib.Path.link_to()` documentation is misleading

Change by Barney Gale : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +23116 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/18909 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue42999] `pathlib.Path.link_to()` documentation is misleading

New submission from Barney Gale : Compare the documentation of `symlink_to()` and `link_to()`: .. method:: Path.symlink_to(target, target_is_directory=False) Make this path a symbolic link to *target*. .. method:: Path.link_to(target) Create a hard link pointing to a path named *target