REMOVE samefile(), sameopenfile(), samestat() -- these cannot be made
to work reliably (at least I wouldn't know how).
diff --git a/Lib/dospath.py b/Lib/dospath.py
index 803ddb0..5dbda89 100644
--- a/Lib/dospath.py
+++ b/Lib/dospath.py
@@ -166,32 +166,6 @@
return stat.S_ISREG(st[stat.ST_MODE])
-# Are two filenames really pointing to the same file?
-
-def samefile(f1, f2):
- s1 = os.stat(f1)
- s2 = os.stat(f2)
- return samestat(s1, s2)
-
-
-# Are two open files really referencing the same file?
-# (Not necessarily the same file descriptor!)
-# XXX THIS IS BROKEN UNDER DOS! ST_INO seems to indicate number of reads?
-
-def sameopenfile(fp1, fp2):
- s1 = os.fstat(fp1.fileno())
- s2 = os.fstat(fp2.fileno())
- return samestat(s1, s2)
-
-
-# Are two stat buffers (obtained from stat, fstat or lstat)
-# describing the same file?
-
-def samestat(s1, s2):
- return s1[stat.ST_INO] == s2[stat.ST_INO] and \
- s1[stat.ST_DEV] == s2[stat.ST_DEV]
-
-
# Is a path a mount point?
# XXX This degenerates in: 'is this the root?' on DOS
diff --git a/Lib/ntpath.py b/Lib/ntpath.py
index 2543890..7bec2f7 100644
--- a/Lib/ntpath.py
+++ b/Lib/ntpath.py
@@ -189,36 +189,6 @@
return stat.S_ISREG(st[stat.ST_MODE])
-# Are two filenames really pointing to the same file?
-
-def samefile(f1, f2):
- """Test whether two pathnames reference the same actual file"""
- s1 = os.stat(f1)
- s2 = os.stat(f2)
- return samestat(s1, s2)
-
-
-# Are two open files really referencing the same file?
-# (Not necessarily the same file descriptor!)
-# XXX THIS IS BROKEN UNDER DOS! ST_INO seems to indicate number of reads?
-
-def sameopenfile(fp1, fp2):
- """Test whether two open file objects reference the same file (may not
-work correctly)"""
- s1 = os.fstat(fp1.fileno())
- s2 = os.fstat(fp2.fileno())
- return samestat(s1, s2)
-
-
-# Are two stat buffers (obtained from stat, fstat or lstat)
-# describing the same file?
-
-def samestat(s1, s2):
- """Test whether two stat buffers reference the same file"""
- return s1[stat.ST_INO] == s2[stat.ST_INO] and \
- s1[stat.ST_DEV] == s2[stat.ST_DEV]
-
-
# Is a path a mount point?
# XXX This degenerates in: 'is this the root?' on DOS