Re: os.tmpname()

[Chris Marrin <chris@...>]

Frederico Rodrigues Abraham wrote:
>    well i solved it using tmpname(NULL,NULL)... it considers the
> temporary directory of the system.
>    when i use tmpnam() on windows on a non-writable root, the filename
> generated (\something) is not writable...
>    i guess it's an implementation bug

FYI, tmpnam is considered a very bad function to use. If two processes 
or threads use it at the same time, it can generate a duplicate 
filename. It is much better to use tmpfile() which returns a FILE* 
directly, so it can be atomic and avoid duplicate names. It works on 
both win32 and Linux, and I assume on most other Unices (including Mac 
OSX). That might be a better function to wrap. It has the added benefit 
of deleting the file automatically when you close it!

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