#10004: The gap instances in a parallelised function do not always have distinct
_local_tmpfile
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   Reporter:  SimonKing   |       Owner:  was                     
       Type:  defect      |      Status:  new                     
   Priority:  blocker     |   Milestone:  sage-4.6.1              
  Component:  interfaces  |    Keywords:  _local_tmpfile, parallel
     Author:              |    Upstream:  N/A                     
   Reviewer:              |      Merged:                          
Work_issues:              |  
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Comment(by SimonKing):

 Meanwhile, it seems to me that the problem is ultimately caused by
 setattr/getattr.

 I work with the definition
 {{{
     def _local_tmpfile(self):
         try:
             return self.__local_tmpfile
         except AttributeError:
             self.__local_tmpfile = '%s/tmp'%SAGE_TMP_INTERFACE +
 str(self.pid())
             return self.__local_tmpfile
 }}}

 The following is rather irritating:

 1. The attribute !__local_tmpfile can be accessed from within the method,
 but not from outside.
 {{{
 sage: gap._local_tmpfile() is gap._local_tmpfile()
 True
 sage: gap.__local_tmpfile
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call
 last)
 ...
 AttributeError:
 }}}

 2. When setting the attribute !__local_tmpfile from outside, it can not be
 retrieved from inside the _local_tmpfile method:
 {{{
 sage: gap.__local_tmpfile = 'foobar'
 sage: gap._local_tmpfile()
 '/home/king/.sage//temp/gauss/21283//interface//tmp21285'
 sage: gap.__local_tmpfile
 'foobar'
 }}}

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