[issue10888] os.stat(filepath).st_mode gives wrong 'executable permission' result

[Martin v. Löwis]

Martin v. Löwis <martin at v.loewis.de> added the comment:

Brian: "On native Windows, "Read & Execute" has no real affect on applications". Why do you say that? The FILE_EXECUTE permission certainly has a meaning on Windows, see

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg258116(v=vs.85).aspx

I agree that FILE_EXECUTE is, in principle, mostly the equivalent of the x bit on POSIX. Unfortunately, it's also confusing, since most files have that permission.

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