[Python-Dev] Adding test.support.safe_rmpath()
Tim Golden
mail at timgolden.me.uk
Thu Feb 14 10:03:47 EST 2019
On 14/02/2019 14:56, Giampaolo Rodola' wrote:
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> On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 3:25 PM Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently at gmail.com
> <mailto:ericsnowcurrently at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> On Thu, Feb 14, 2019, 02:47 Ronald Oussoren via Python-Dev
> <python-dev at python.org <mailto:python-dev at python.org> wrote:
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> I usually use shutil.rmtree for tests that need to create
> temporary files, and create a temporary directory for those
> files (that is, use tempfile.mkdtemp in setUp() and use
> shutil.rmtree in tearDown()). That way I don’t have to adjust
> house-keeping code when I make changes to test code.
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> Same here.
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> -eric
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> What I generally do is avoid relying on tempfile.mkdtemp() and always
> use TESTFN instead. I think it's cleaner as a pradigm because it's an
> incentive to not pollute the single unit tests with `self.addCleanup()`
> instructions (the whole cleanup logic is always supposed to occur in
> setUp/tearDown):
Must chime in here because I've been pushing (variously months & years
ago) to move *away* from TESTFN because it generates numerous
intermittent errors on my Windows setup. I've had several goes at
starting to do that but a combination of my own lack of time plus some
people's reluctance to go that route altogether has stalled the thing.
I'm not sure I understand the difference in cleanup/teardown terms
between using tempfile and using TESTFN. The objections I've seen from
people (apart, obviously, from test churn) are to do with building up
testing temp artefacts on a possibly low-sized disk.
TJG
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