[issue45286] zipfile missing API for links

2021-09-25 Thread Serhiy Storchaka
Change by Serhiy Storchaka : -- resolution: -> duplicate stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed superseder: -> Improve zipfile: add support for symlinks ___ Python tracker __

[issue45286] zipfile missing API for links

2021-09-25 Thread mxmlnkn
New submission from mxmlnkn : When using zipfile as a library to get simple files, there is no way to method to determine whether a ZipInfo object is a link or not. Moreover, links can be simply opened and read like normal files and will contain the link path, which is unexpected in most case