On 2013-11-12, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > Using os.path.exists before opening a file is, for the most > part, a waste of time.
I use it in conjuction with file creation times to check that I didn't forget to update/create one of the data files a process might need. Since I have to create the data file manually, race conditions seem unlikely. -- Neil Cerutti -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
