René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Add `follow_symlinks` to `os.path.exists()`","articleBody":"# Feature or enhancement\r\n\r\n### Proposal:\r\n\r\nBecause we have `os.path.exists()` \u0026 `os.path.lexists()`, it might make sense to add a `follow_symlinks` argument to the former:\r\n\r\n```diff\r\n-def exists(path):\r\n+def exists(path, *, follow_symlinks=True):\r\n     \"\"\"Test whether a path exists.  Returns False for broken symbolic links\"\"\"\r\n     try:\r\n-        os.stat(path)\r\n+        os.stat(path, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)\r\n     except (OSError, ValueError):\r\n         return False\r\n     return True\r\n```\r\n\r\nThis matches `pathlib.Path.exists()` ~(as well as `os.stat()` \u0026 `os.chmod()`).~ ~Also, it looks like `pathlib.Path` doesn't have an `lexists()` function.~ (but that's less explicit and so unnecessary, see https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/21157#issuecomment-765092285)\r\n\r\n~_Note: this argument also needs to be added to `nt._path_exists()`._~ Done.\r\n\r\n### Has this already been discussed elsewhere?\r\n\r\nThis is a minor feature, which does not need previous discussion elsewhere\r\n\r\n### Links to previous discussion of this feature:\r\n\r\n_No response_\r\n\r\n\u003c!-- gh-linked-prs --\u003e\r\n### Linked PRs\r\n* gh-117729\r\n\u003c!-- /gh-linked-prs --\u003e\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/nineteendo","@type":"Person","name":"nineteendo"},"datePublished":"2024-04-10T06:01:52.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":21},"url":"https://github.com/117705/cpython/issues/117705"}