thread lock question

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

Hi,

I have a question regarding locks in threads.
Following is the code example:

if download_file(foo, bar) == True:
        if some condition:
                do_something()
                if zip_bool:
                        ziplock.acquire()
                        try:
                                compress_the_file(zip_type_file, foo, bar)
                                os.unlink(foo) # Unlink it once it has been zipped
                        finally:
                                ziplock.release()
        if zip_bool:
                ziplock.acquire()
                try:
                        compress_the_file(zip_type_file, foo, bar)
                        os.unlink(foo)
                finally:
                        ziplock.release()

Basically, I'm testing for some condition, if that is True, do something and
then do the zipping. I'm also doing the zipping even if that's not true.

My question is, in a code example like this which is threaded, does the locking
mechanism work correctly ?
Or are two different locks being acquired ?

Thanks,
Ritesh
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