private fun file_lstat: NativeFileStat `{
#ifdef _WIN32
		// FIXME use a higher level abstraction to support WIN32
		return NULL;
#else
		struct stat* stat_element;
		int res;
		stat_element = malloc(sizeof(struct stat));
		res = lstat(self, stat_element);
		if (res == -1) return NULL;
		return stat_element;
#endif
	`}