[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython (3.1): Issue 11715: Build extension modules on multiarch Debian and Ubuntu by

[Nick Coghlan]

On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 3:40 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
>>  Isn’t there a possible raise condition here?  I think it’s recommended
>>  to follow EAFP for mkdir and makedirs.
>
> Since this is setup.py, I don't think we care.
> (I assume you meant "race condition", not "raise condition")

Indeed, the pre-check is OK here due to the fact that we control
"build_temp", so other processes shouldn't be creating a directory
with the same name.

Cheers,
Nick.

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