Bug 171268 – Rename MockFileSystem.maybe_make_directory()

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: WONTFIX
• Component: Tools / Tests

[Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez]

The name maybe_make_directory is pretty confusing as it suggest the function may fail to create the directory.

The function is this:


    def maybe_make_directory(self, *path):
        norm_path = self.normpath(self.join(*path))
        while norm_path and not self.isdir(norm_path):
            self.dirs.add(norm_path)
            norm_path = self.dirname(norm_path)

https://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/Tools/Scripts/webkitpy/common/system/filesystem_mock.py?rev=215715#L279

So I understand it behaves exactly like "mkdir -p"

[Michael Catanzaro]

Hm, this is not what I meant. I assumed it was obvious that maybe_make_directory() functions like "mkdir -p". So I think the current name is fine. But we should have a function that operates like plain "mkdir" so that you can use it in tests in cases where the directory should definitely not already exist, as in bug #168036.

This is very unimportant. :)

[Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez]

(In reply to Michael Catanzaro from comment #1)
> Hm, this is not what I meant. I assumed it was obvious that
> maybe_make_directory() functions like "mkdir -p". So I think the current
> name is fine. 
> But we should have a function that operates like plain "mkdir"
> so that you can use it in tests in cases where the directory should
> definitely not already exist, as in bug #168036.
> 

I don't think we need such function. If I want to ensure the directory doesn't exits I can test for that with MockFileSystem.isdir()

I'll land a follow-up patch for that in bug 168036.


> This is very unimportant. :)

Ok. Let's close this then.