RE: [PATCH] Implement ${^WIN32_SLOPPY_STAT}

From: "Jan Dubois" <jand@activestate.com>
Message-ID: <013f01c66ee9$8f1437a0$d045a8c0@candy>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@28091

diff --git a/pod/perlport.pod b/pod/perlport.pod
index eb5757e..a94c414 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlport.pod
+++ b/pod/perlport.pod
@@ -2016,6 +2016,11 @@ meaningful and will differ between stat calls on the same file.  (os2)
 some versions of cygwin when doing a stat("foo") and if not finding it
 may then attempt to stat("foo.exe") (Cygwin)
 
+On Win32 stat() needs to open the file to determine the link count
+and update attributes that may have been changed through hard links.
+Setting ${^WIN32_SLOPPY_STAT} to a true value speeds up stat() by
+not performing this operation. (Win32)
+
 =item symlink
 
 Not implemented. (Win32, VMS, S<RISC OS>)