[issue33896] Document what components make up the filecmp.cmp os.stat signature.

Change by Ned Deily : -- resolution: -> duplicate stage: needs patch -> resolved status: open -> closed superseder: -> filecmp.cmp(shallow=True) isn't actually shallow when only mtime differs versions: +Python 3.10, Python 3.11, Python 3.9 -Python 2.7, Python 3.7, Python 3.8 __

[issue33896] Document what components make up the filecmp.cmp os.stat signature.

Andrei Kulakov added the comment: Can be closed as a dupe of https://bugs.python.org/issue42958, which has a PR ready for review. -- nosy: +andrei.avk ___ Python tracker ___

[issue33896] Document what components make up the filecmp.cmp os.stat signature.

Stavros Macrakis added the comment: I agree completely that the documentation should be more explicit. The concept of "os.stat signature" is not defined anywhere as far as I can tell. The naive reader (like me) might mistakenly assume that the "os.stat signature" is a "digital signature" (i.

[issue33896] Document what components make up the filecmp.cmp os.stat signature.

Change by Cheryl Sabella : -- assignee: -> docs@python components: +Documentation -Library (Lib) nosy: +docs@python versions: -Python 3.6 ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue33896] Document what components make up the filecmp.cmp os.stat signature.

R. David Murray added the comment: I think it might be OK to document what goes in to the signature, but probably in a footnote, as it is somewhat of an implementation detail and could conceivably change. We could then also add a caution about mtime imprecision being a particular risk on so

[issue33896] Document what components make up the filecmp.cmp os.stat signature.

Change by R. David Murray : -- versions: +Python 2.7 ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://