On 28 March 2013 16:02, Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Return this directory. Note that the caller is responsible for deleting this directory and its contents, which might not be possible - e.g. in Windows, if a shared library has been imported and is linked to the running Python process, there will be an open handle to the shared library which will prevent its deletion. """
That's the big issue I have with *any* approach like this. It's entirely possible that the directory cannot be deleted, and as a result the user ends up with the problem of managing clutter caused by this mechanism. Even if the directory is in %TEMP% the user still has the issue of clearing up. Consider a buildslave that continually runs tests - temp directory clutter is a definite issue in a situation like that. And of course, if an application user chooses to use this mechanism, I don't have an option to opt out unless we start getting into complex "if the package is installed use it, otherwise mount our internal wheel" logic. I'd like to hold off on this feature until there are actual requests for the functionality. It's not easy to argue against the idea purely on a "it might go wrong" basis without actual use cases to look at and see if/how they would handle the problem situations. Paul.