[Python-Dev] os.stat(filename).r_dev

[Gustavo Niemeyer]

> > Isn't st_rdev being made available only in 2.3, trough stat attributes?
> 
> No, it was available in 2.2 already. So there is a backwards
> compatibility issue.

You're right then. st_rdev_pair may be the way to go. I'm not sure if
introducing major(), minor(), and makedev() would be a good idea,
since they are completely platform dependent.

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Gustavo Niemeyer

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