[issue37366] Add an "onitem" callback parameter to shutil.rmtree()

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[issue37366] Add an "onitem" callback parameter to shutil.rmtree()

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[issue37366] Add an "onitem" callback parameter to shutil.rmtree()

Giampaolo Rodola' added the comment: I'm gonna reject this one, sorry Jeffrey. Reasons given in https://bugs.python.org/issue36422#msg346878 also apply here. -- resolution: -> rejected stage: patch review -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Pyt

[issue37366] Add an "onitem" callback parameter to shutil.rmtree()

Christian Heimes added the comment: I'm with Giampaolo. I'm also concerned that the new callback will make the rmtree function too complicated. It's not a one-size-fits-all solution, but it covers most uses cases. -- nosy: +christian.heimes versions: -Python 3.7, Python 3.8 __

[issue37366] Add an "onitem" callback parameter to shutil.rmtree()

Jeffrey Kintscher added the comment: Yes, onerror allows you to delete an undeletable item. But, in the case of a mount point, the contents of the mounted filesystem get deleted *before* the mount point triggers onerror. This is the case described in issue #36422. The behavior provided by

[issue37366] Add an "onitem" callback parameter to shutil.rmtree()

Giampaolo Rodola' added the comment: I am not sure I understand the use case. Other than "unmounting a mount point" the other scenarios look unrealistic to me and also require a fd instead of a path. Also, if you want to unmount a path you can do so via *onerror* instead (unmount + delete).

[issue37366] Add an "onitem" callback parameter to shutil.rmtree()

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[issue37366] Add an "onitem" callback parameter to shutil.rmtree()

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[issue37366] Add an "onitem" callback parameter to shutil.rmtree()

Change by Jeffrey Kintscher : -- nosy: +giampaolo.rodola, josh.r, max, paul.moore, riccardomurri, serhiy.storchaka, steve.dower, tarek, tim.golden, zach.ware ___ Python tracker __

[issue37366] Add an "onitem" callback parameter to shutil.rmtree()

New submission from Jeffrey Kintscher : Add an "onitem" callback paramter to shutil.rmtree() that, if provided, gets called for each directory entry as it is encountered. This allows the caller to perform any required special handling of individual directory entries (e.g. unmounting a mount