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On 06/14/2012 08:20 PM, Benjamin Peterson wrote:2012/6/14 Larry Hastings <larry@hastings.org>:Also, it's more granular than that. For example, Python now understands symbolic links on Windows--but only haphazardly at best. The "follow\_symlinks" argument works on Windows for os.stat() but not for os.chmod().Then indeed it's more granular than a parameter being "implemented" or not. A parameter may have a more restricted or extended meaning on different operating systems. (sendfile() on files for example).
If you can suggest a representation that can convey this sort of subtle complexity without being miserable to use, I for one would be very interested to see it. I suggest that "is\_implemented" solves a legitimate problem in a reasonable way; I wasn't attempting to be all things to all use cases.
/arry