Antoine Pitrou <pit...@free.fr> added the comment: > * Patch Py_DeleteFileW in posixmodule.c so that it renames before > deleting: should solve the problem overall but obviously has a > possible wider impact, in general and on performance in particular. > This rename might be a simple rename-to-guid or something more > sophisticated such as the rename-to-recycler which cygwin uses. > > * Patch support.unlink in the test package to do the rename dance on > the basis that it'll fix at least some of the problems with less > impact overall. > > Opinions? I'm willing to do either.
Well, since I'm not a Windows expert, I can only give an intuitive opinion. I think that we should start with patching support.unlink(); tweaking Py_DeleteFile() so as to do something more sophisticated than a simple removal sounds like it could hide some behaviour change that could hit some legitimate uses. (as an aside, for higher-level variants of OS functions, the shutil may be an appropriate recipient) ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue7443> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com