def recursive_mtime()

in setupbase.py [0:0]

• 13 lines of code
• 9 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def recursive_mtime(path, newest=True):
    """Gets the newest/oldest mtime for all files in a directory."""
    if os.path.isfile(path):
        return mtime(path)
    current_extreme = None
    for dirname, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(path, topdown=False):
        for filename in filenames:
            mt = mtime(pjoin(dirname, filename))
            if newest:  # Put outside of loop?
                if mt >= (current_extreme or mt):
                    current_extreme = mt
            elif mt <= (current_extreme or mt):
                current_extreme = mt
    return current_extreme