eafp_vs_lbyl_file_operations.py

import reusables
import os

# to be fair, start out at same state for both tests
os.makedirs("folder", exist_ok=True)


@reusables.time_it()
def test_lbyl(remove_folder=False):
    for _ in range(10000):
        if remove_folder:
            os.rmdir("folder")
        if not os.path.exists("folder"):
            os.mkdir("folder")


@reusables.time_it()
def test_eafp(remove_folder=False):
    for _ in range(10000):
        if remove_folder:
            os.rmdir("folder")
        try:
            os.mkdir("folder")
        except FileExistsError:
            pass

if __name__ == '__main__':
    test_lbyl()
    test_eafp()
    print()
    test_lbyl(remove_folder=True)
    test_eafp(remove_folder=True)


# Function 'test_lbyl' took a total of 0.1620347726358246 seconds
# Function 'test_eafp' took a total of 0.10425737099405116 seconds

# Function 'test_lbyl' took a total of 5.379855266613499 seconds - kwargs: {'remove_folder': True}
# Function 'test_eafp' took a total of 3.9033870913335855 seconds - kwargs: {'remove_folder': True}