On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 10:52 PM, cool-RR <cool...@cool-rr.com> wrote: > Hello, > I noticed that the `TemporaryDirectory` context manager creates the folder > on `__init__` rather than on `__enter__`, resulting in complexity, bugs, and > hackarounds in `__del__`. I assume there's a good reason for this decision. > What is it?
>From the docstring: "This has the same behavior as mkdtemp but can be used as a context manager." Like files, it *can* be used as a context manager, but doesn't have to be. Also, the complexity wouldn't go away even if the directory creation was delayed until the __enter__ invocation. People can still call __enter__ directly, so __del__ would still be obliged to try to clear things up as best it could. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
