Message664

os.path.gmtime returns 0.0 for missing files 
instead of throwing an OSError (as python does)

>python
Python 2.1 (#15, Apr 16 2001, 18:25:49) [MSC 32 
bit (Intel)] on win32
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information.
>>> import os.path
>>> os.path.getmtime('nonfile')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  File "D:\Python2.1\lib\ntpath.py", line 183, in 
getmtime
    st = os.stat(filename)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'nonfile'
>>> ^


>jython
Jython 2.1 on java1.3.1_01 (JIT: null)
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information.
>>> import os.path
>>> os.path.getmtime('nonfile')
0.0
>>>