gh-117114: Make os.path.isdevdrive available on all platforms (GH-117115)

Doc/library/os.path.rst

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .. module:: os.path
    :synopsis: Operations on pathnames.
 
-**Source code:** :source:`Lib/posixpath.py` (for POSIX) and
+**Source code:** :source:`Lib/genericpath.py`, :source:`Lib/posixpath.py` (for POSIX) and
 :source:`Lib/ntpath.py` (for Windows).
 
 .. index:: single: path; operations
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
    if *paths* is empty.  Unlike :func:`commonprefix`, this returns a
    valid path.
 
-   .. availability:: Unix, Windows.
-
    .. versionadded:: 3.5
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.6
@@ -324,10 +322,11 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
    Dev Drives. See `the Windows documentation <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/dev-drive/>`_
    for information on enabling and creating Dev Drives.
 
-   .. availability:: Windows.
-
    .. versionadded:: 3.12
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.13
+      The function is now available on all platforms, and will always return ``False`` on those that have no support for Dev Drives
+
 
 .. function:: isreserved(path)
 
@@ -442,8 +441,6 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
 
    *start* defaults to :data:`os.curdir`.
 
-   .. availability:: Unix, Windows.
-
    .. versionchanged:: 3.6
       Accepts a :term:`path-like object`.
 
@@ -454,8 +451,6 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
    This is determined by the device number and i-node number and raises an
    exception if an :func:`os.stat` call on either pathname fails.
 
-   .. availability:: Unix, Windows.
-
    .. versionchanged:: 3.2
       Added Windows support.
 
@@ -470,8 +465,6 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
 
    Return ``True`` if the file descriptors *fp1* and *fp2* refer to the same file.
 
-   .. availability:: Unix, Windows.
-
    .. versionchanged:: 3.2
       Added Windows support.
 
@@ -486,8 +479,6 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
    :func:`os.lstat`, or :func:`os.stat`.  This function implements the
    underlying comparison used by :func:`samefile` and :func:`sameopenfile`.
 
-   .. availability:: Unix, Windows.
-
    .. versionchanged:: 3.4
       Added Windows support.
 

Lib/genericpath.py

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import os
 import stat
 
 __all__ = ['commonprefix', 'exists', 'getatime', 'getctime', 'getmtime',
-           'getsize', 'isdir', 'isfile', 'islink', 'samefile', 'sameopenfile',
-           'samestat']
+           'getsize', 'isdevdrive', 'isdir', 'isfile', 'isjunction', 'islink',
+           'lexists', 'samefile', 'sameopenfile', 'samestat']
 
 
 # Does a path exist?
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ def exists(path):
     return True
 
 
+# Being true for dangling symbolic links is also useful.
+def lexists(path):
+    """Test whether a path exists.  Returns True for broken symbolic links"""
+    try:
+        os.lstat(path)
+    except (OSError, ValueError):
+        return False
+    return True
+
 # This follows symbolic links, so both islink() and isdir() can be true
 # for the same path on systems that support symlinks
 def isfile(path):
@@ -57,6 +66,21 @@ def islink(path):
     return stat.S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)
 
 
+# Is a path a junction?
+def isjunction(path):
+    """Test whether a path is a junction
+    Junctions are not supported on the current platform"""
+    os.fspath(path)
+    return False
+
+
+def isdevdrive(path):
+    """Determines whether the specified path is on a Windows Dev Drive.
+    Dev Drives are not supported on the current platform"""
+    os.fspath(path)
+    return False
+
+
 def getsize(filename):
     """Return the size of a file, reported by os.stat()."""
     return os.stat(filename).st_size

Lib/ntpath.py

@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ __all__ = ["normcase","isabs","join","splitdrive","splitroot","split","splitext"
            "ismount","isreserved","expanduser","expandvars","normpath",
            "abspath","curdir","pardir","sep","pathsep","defpath","altsep",
            "extsep","devnull","realpath","supports_unicode_filenames","relpath",
-           "samefile", "sameopenfile", "samestat", "commonpath", "isjunction"]
+           "samefile", "sameopenfile", "samestat", "commonpath", "isjunction",
+           "isdevdrive"]
 
 def _get_bothseps(path):
     if isinstance(path, bytes):
@@ -280,22 +281,10 @@ if hasattr(os.stat_result, 'st_reparse_tag'):
             return False
         return bool(st.st_reparse_tag == stat.IO_REPARSE_TAG_MOUNT_POINT)
 else:
-    def isjunction(path):
-        """Test whether a path is a junction"""
-        os.fspath(path)
-        return False
+    # Use genericpath.isjunction as imported above
+    pass
 
 
-# Being true for dangling symbolic links is also useful.
-
-def lexists(path):
-    """Test whether a path exists.  Returns True for broken symbolic links"""
-    try:
-        st = os.lstat(path)
-    except (OSError, ValueError):
-        return False
-    return True
-
 # Is a path a mount point?
 # Any drive letter root (eg c:\)
 # Any share UNC (eg \\server\share)
@@ -916,15 +905,12 @@ except ImportError:
 
 try:
     from nt import _path_isdevdrive
-except ImportError:
-    def isdevdrive(path):
-        """Determines whether the specified path is on a Windows Dev Drive."""
-        # Never a Dev Drive
-        return False
-else:
     def isdevdrive(path):
         """Determines whether the specified path is on a Windows Dev Drive."""
         try:
             return _path_isdevdrive(abspath(path))
         except OSError:
             return False
+except ImportError:
+    # Use genericpath.isdevdrive as imported above
+    pass

Lib/posixpath.py

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ __all__ = ["normcase","isabs","join","splitdrive","splitroot","split","splitext"
            "samefile","sameopenfile","samestat",
            "curdir","pardir","sep","pathsep","defpath","altsep","extsep",
            "devnull","realpath","supports_unicode_filenames","relpath",
-           "commonpath", "isjunction"]
+           "commonpath", "isjunction","isdevdrive"]
 
 
 def _get_sep(path):
@@ -187,26 +187,6 @@ def dirname(p):
     return head
 
 
-# Is a path a junction?
-
-def isjunction(path):
-    """Test whether a path is a junction
-    Junctions are not a part of posix semantics"""
-    os.fspath(path)
-    return False
-
-
-# Being true for dangling symbolic links is also useful.
-
-def lexists(path):
-    """Test whether a path exists.  Returns True for broken symbolic links"""
-    try:
-        os.lstat(path)
-    except (OSError, ValueError):
-        return False
-    return True
-
-
 # Is a path a mount point?
 # (Does this work for all UNIXes?  Is it even guaranteed to work by Posix?)
 

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-03-21-09-57-57.gh-issue-117114.Qu-p55.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Make :func:`os.path.isdevdrive` available on all platforms. For those that do not offer Dev Drives, it will always return ``False``.