GH-127381: pathlib ABCs: remove `PathBase.lstat()` (#127382)

Remove the `PathBase.lstat()` method, which is a trivial variation of
`stat()`.

No user-facing changes because the pathlib ABCs are still private.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py b/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py
index 2c243d4..697f329 100644
--- a/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py
+++ b/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py
@@ -438,14 +438,6 @@ class PathBase(PurePathBase):
         """
         raise UnsupportedOperation(self._unsupported_msg('stat()'))
 
-    def lstat(self):
-        """
-        Like stat(), except if the path points to a symlink, the symlink's
-        status information is returned, rather than its target's.
-        """
-        return self.stat(follow_symlinks=False)
-
-
     # Convenience functions for querying the stat results
 
     def exists(self, *, follow_symlinks=True):
@@ -505,7 +497,7 @@ class PathBase(PurePathBase):
         Whether this path is a symbolic link.
         """
         try:
-            return S_ISLNK(self.lstat().st_mode)
+            return S_ISLNK(self.stat(follow_symlinks=False).st_mode)
         except (OSError, ValueError):
             return False
 
@@ -789,7 +781,7 @@ class PathBase(PurePathBase):
             def lstat(path_str):
                 path = self.with_segments(path_str)
                 path._resolving = True
-                return path.lstat()
+                return path.stat(follow_symlinks=False)
 
             def readlink(path_str):
                 path = self.with_segments(path_str)
diff --git a/Lib/pathlib/_local.py b/Lib/pathlib/_local.py
index b27f456..25c1e3f 100644
--- a/Lib/pathlib/_local.py
+++ b/Lib/pathlib/_local.py
@@ -542,6 +542,13 @@ class Path(PathBase, PurePath):
         """
         return os.stat(self, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
 
+    def lstat(self):
+        """
+        Like stat(), except if the path points to a symlink, the symlink's
+        status information is returned, rather than its target's.
+        """
+        return os.lstat(self)
+
     def exists(self, *, follow_symlinks=True):
         """
         Whether this path exists.