Granularity of OSError

[Christian Heimes]

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