[Python-ideas] Have os.unlink remove junction points on Windows

[Terry Reedy]

On 9/25/2013 7:01 AM, Kim Gräsman wrote:

> I opened an issue before posting here: http://bugs.python.org/issue18314

I added as nosy the two Windows experts listed in
http://docs.python.org/devguide/experts.html#experts

I suspect that at least one of them knows enough about junction points 
to review a patch *were you to write one*.

> I'd be happy to provide a patch, but I only want to put time into it
> if there's a reasonable chance it gets committed. That's why I wanted
> to hear if there were any objections, so I don't end up writing,
> testing and posting a patch only to end up in quibbles around the
> general idea.

It is possible that one of the two might have an opinion to the 
contrary, but after reading the Wikipedia article,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_junction_point

It seems that you ought to be able to delete junction points from 
Python. That is no guarantee that any particular patch will be accepted.

> I'm new to Python development; would a concrete patch help move this forward?

Definitely. I added a note to the issue about testing and Windows versions.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy