On 15 September 2014 15:47, Mike Looijmans <mike.looijm...@topic.nl> wrote: > It's just that the try/except version will always work on any system, > whereas the device comparison may fail on some setups. And given the habit > of programmers to copy these things from other locations, chances are that a > device comparison will some day be used on the "downloads" directory which > is FAT on my system. > > Also, when the copy fails, the resulting message should be clearer, as the > "copyfile" call will be in the stacktrace.
I believe this is called the "try and ask forgiveness" pattern. It's race-free, too. Ross -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
