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Author ncoghlan
Recipients ncoghlan, vajrasky
Date 2014-02-07.14:37:58
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As per issue 1311, the exists returns True <-> stat will work equivalence is deliberate. We'll have to find a different way to resolve issue 20053 on Windows.

Due to the special files on Windows, the only reliable cross-platform way to find out whether or not *open* will work on a given filename is to actually try it.
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