def compare_recursive_mtime()

in setupbase.py [0:0]

• 17 lines of code
• 10 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def compare_recursive_mtime(path, cutoff, newest=True):
    """Compare the newest/oldest mtime for all files in a directory.

    Cutoff should be another mtime to be compared against. If an mtime that is
    newer/older than the cutoff is found it will return True.
    E.g. if newest=True, and a file in path is newer than the cutoff, it will
    return True.
    """
    if os.path.isfile(path):
        mt = mtime(path)
        if newest:
            if mt > cutoff:
                return True
        elif mt < cutoff:
            return True
    for dirname, _, filenames in os.walk(path, topdown=False):
        for filename in filenames:
            mt = mtime(pjoin(dirname, filename))
            if newest:  # Put outside of loop?
                if mt > cutoff:
                    return True
            elif mt < cutoff:
                return True
    return False