tim golden cggctimgoldenmeuk nick coghlan wrote tim golden wrote admit occur train try think robust way handle people proposed variations pidbased tempdir based filenames instead name test principle sounds good im wellplaced assess impact might unit tests general personally ive never really understood purpose test_supporttestfn whenever ive needed temporary file test use tempfile module eg test_cmd_line_script test_runpy tests using module dont care old files take get deleted windows tempfile uses different name time anyway using fixed testfn old approach predates existence robust tempfile module standard library im neophyte comes core development ive simply cloned existing tests assumed kind possibly unwritten standard used test_supporttestfn look though seems slightly odd choice although variants testing unicode filenames specifically imagine useful places im perfectly happy run test suite patching one way another trouble ive little confidence assess whether change affected actual meaning test since tests quis custodiet tjg _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 062203 0100 pythondev fixing tests windows