gh-118507 : Refactor `nt._path_is*` to improve applicability for other cases (GH-118755)

(cherry picked from commit b64182550f73e556344bd754d32e3be5d22a74e1)

Co-authored-by: Nice Zombies <nineteendo19d0@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/ntpath.py b/Lib/ntpath.py
index b833e0b..8d972cd 100644
--- a/Lib/ntpath.py
+++ b/Lib/ntpath.py
@@ -288,21 +288,6 @@ def dirname(p):
     return split(p)[0]
 
 
-# Is a path a junction?
-
-if hasattr(os.stat_result, 'st_reparse_tag'):
-    def isjunction(path):
-        """Test whether a path is a junction"""
-        try:
-            st = os.lstat(path)
-        except (OSError, ValueError, AttributeError):
-            return False
-        return st.st_reparse_tag == stat.IO_REPARSE_TAG_MOUNT_POINT
-else:
-    # Use genericpath.isjunction as imported above
-    pass
-
-
 # Is a path a mount point?
 # Any drive letter root (eg c:\)
 # Any share UNC (eg \\server\share)
@@ -911,13 +896,15 @@ def commonpath(paths):
 
 
 try:
-    # The isdir(), isfile(), islink() and exists() implementations in
-    # genericpath use os.stat(). This is overkill on Windows. Use simpler
+    # The isdir(), isfile(), islink(), exists() and lexists() implementations
+    # in genericpath use os.stat(). This is overkill on Windows. Use simpler
     # builtin functions if they are available.
     from nt import _path_isdir as isdir
     from nt import _path_isfile as isfile
     from nt import _path_islink as islink
+    from nt import _path_isjunction as isjunction
     from nt import _path_exists as exists
+    from nt import _path_lexists as lexists
 except ImportError:
     # Use genericpath.* as imported above
     pass