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Add Path.lexist() to pathlib #78318

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Add Path.lexist() to pathlib#78318
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3.7 (EOL)end of lifestdlibStandard Library Python modules in the Lib/ directorytopic-pathlibtype-featureA feature request or enhancement

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@lordmauve
lordmauve
mannequin
opened on Jul 17, 2018
BPO 34137
Nosy @brettcannon, @nphilipp, @lordmauve, @tirkarthi, @e-kayrakli
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  • gh-78318: Add pathlib.Path.lexists and related #21157
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title = 'Add Path.lexist() to pathlib'
updated_at = <Date 2020-06-25.15:50:44.247>
user = 'https://github.com/lordmauve'

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    1. lordmauve commented on Jul 17, 2018

      @lordmauve
      lordmauvemannequin
      on Jul 17, 2018
      MannequinAuthor

      When using pathlib to manipulate paths that may be symlinks or regular files, a pattern that comes up frequently is this expression:

      path.is_symlink() or path.exists()

      os.path.lexists(path) can be used for this, but when using pathlib going back to os.path for this seems like defeat.

    2. lordmauve
      added
      3.7 (EOL)end of life
      stdlibStandard Library Python modules in the Lib/ directory
      type-featureA feature request or enhancement
      on Jul 17, 2018

    3. e-kayrakli commented on Jul 17, 2018

      @e-kayrakli
      e-kayraklimannequin
      on Jul 17, 2018
      Mannequin

      I haven't contributed to Python yet and I can contribute this as a way for me to practice the PR process in Python.

      As this is a small addition, should I create a PR right away, or wait for a consensus here?

    4. brettcannon commented on Jul 18, 2018

      @brettcannon
      brettcannon
      on Jul 18, 2018
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      If you're okay with the PR being rejected because the decision is the method isn't desired, then feel free to go ahead and create a PR, Engin! But if you want to a better chance that it will eventually go in then I would wait for consensus.

    5. e-kayrakli commented on Jul 18, 2018

      @e-kayrakli
      e-kayraklimannequin
      on Jul 18, 2018
      Mannequin

      Thanks for the response Brett! I am not going to rush, then. But if I happen to have some free time and motivation to create the PR, I will just do it. I don't mind revising or getting rejected.

    6. nphilipp commented on Jun 25, 2020

      @nphilipp
      nphilippmannequin
      on Jun 25, 2020
      Mannequin

      I've come across this issue lately and proposed a PR which implements this and, analogous to os.stat(), adds a follow_symlinks parameter to Path.exists().

    7. ezio-melotti
      transferred this issue fromon Apr 10, 2022
    8. brettcannon
      added
      topic-pathlib
      on Jun 21, 2022

    9. AlexWaygood commented on Jan 8, 2023

      @AlexWaygood
      AlexWaygood
      on Jan 8, 2023
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      Closing as rejected -- see comments on the PR: #21157 (comment)

    10. AlexWaygood
      closed this as not plannedon Jan 8, 2023
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