kj wrote: > For example, LBYL would look like this: > > if os.path.isfile(some_file): > os.unlink(some_file) > > In contrast, EAFP would look like this: > > try: > os.unlink(some_file) > except OSError: > pass
The two version aren't equal. The first one suffers from a race condition which may lead to a severe security issue. The file may be gone or replaced by a different file in the time span between the check and the call to unlink(). Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
