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investigate tmpdir creation scheme that uses a alternative prefix to make races between create and garbage collection impossible
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Description
followup to #4222
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the referenced issue #4222 and the existing tmpdir creation and garbage-collection behavior in pytest. Determine how an alternative prefix could eliminate races between creation and cleanup, then document the design and its completion criteria before implementation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- testing
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 15/100