Steve Dower <steve.do...@python.org> added the comment:
>> Why can't the filename of the "foo"-like file in the test be >> simply os_helper.TESTFN, as done in some other tests? > > I suppose the current working directory will be fine. I was looking to keep > the test on a NTFS filesystem, with known behavior, but there's no hard > guarantee that the user's temp directory is on the system volume. All tests should use the current working directory, or the test helper for getting other directories. *Do not look up other directories*, because it prevents test runners from ensuring that tests run in valid locations (and skips implicit tests for directories with spaces/Unicode characters/etc.) ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue46785> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
