Fix #11939. Set st_dev attribute on Windows to simplify os.path.samefile.
By setting the st_dev attribute, we can then remove some Windows-specific
code and move os.path.samefile/sameopenfile/samestat to Lib/genericpath.py
so all platforms share the same implementation.
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
index d9b7138..d1725bd 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
@@ -244,15 +244,14 @@
On Unix, this is determined by the device number and i-node number and raises an
exception if a :func:`os.stat` call on either pathname fails.
- On Windows, two files are the same if they resolve to the same final path
- name using the Windows API call GetFinalPathNameByHandle. This function
- raises an exception if handles cannot be obtained to either file.
-
Availability: Unix, Windows.
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
Added Windows support.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.4
+ Windows now uses the same implementation as all other platforms.
+
.. function:: sameopenfile(fp1, fp2)
@@ -271,7 +270,10 @@
:func:`stat`. This function implements the underlying comparison used by
:func:`samefile` and :func:`sameopenfile`.
- Availability: Unix.
+ Availability: Unix, Windows.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.4
+ Added Windows support.
.. function:: split(path)