[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-680494 ] filecmp.py uses obsolete statcache module.

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Bugs item #680494, was opened at 2003-02-04 16:55
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Inyeol Lee (inyeol)
>Assigned to: A.M. Kuchling (akuchling)
Summary: filecmp.py uses obsolete statcache module.

Initial Comment:
2.3a1 filecmp module, which is not obsolete, uses
obsolete
statcache module and generates DeprecationWarning.

Inyeol Lee

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>Comment By: A.M. Kuchling (akuchling)
Date: 2003-02-05 14:07

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There's no test suite for filecmp, so before making any changes, I'm 
going to write a test suite.


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Comment By: A.M. Kuchling (akuchling)
Date: 2003-02-05 13:23

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The simplest thing would be to simply use os.stat instead of statcache,
and deprecate use_statcache by logging a warning if use_statcache is true.


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