Merge pull request #3540 from minrk/cythoncache

allow cython cache dir to be deleted

workaround by clearing the distutils mkpath cache, which prevents it from ever
creating a given path more than once.

IPython/extensions/cythonmagic.py

@@ -278,7 +278,20 b' class CythonMagics(Magics):'
             self._so_ext = self._get_build_extension().get_ext_filename('')
             return self._so_ext
 
+    def _clear_distutils_mkpath_cache(self):
+        """clear distutils mkpath cache
+        
+        prevents distutils from skipping re-creation of dirs that have been removed
+        """
+        try:
+            from distutils.dir_util import _path_created
+        except ImportError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            _path_created.clear()
+    
     def _get_build_extension(self):
+        self._clear_distutils_mkpath_cache()
         dist = Distribution()
         config_files = dist.find_config_files()
         try: