Moved to haskell caf� I do not have a code example, but how about a system that compiles different (and say independent) software projects in parallel, and which uses the same code to create temporary files needed for compilation?
konst > -----Original Message----- > From: David Sankel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 6:38 PM > To: Pixel; Lennart Augustsson > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: finding .... > > > --- Pixel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Lennart Augustsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > Diego Yanivello wrote: > > > > > > > > > hi, is there (in Haskell) a function like > > existFile :: FilePath -> > > > > > IO (Bool) ? Thanks! > > > > > > Using such a function is generally a bad idea > > because of race conditions. > > > > however, real world programs use those tests since > > you don't need to care > > *everytime* about race conditions. (of course using > > this existFile before > > creating a temporary file is wrong, but existFile > > has *many* other > > applications) > > Could someone post an example of the creation of a > temporary file where race conditions are important? > > Thanks, > > David J. Sankel > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage > http://sports.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Haskell mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
