antoine pitrou slvkzycypitrounet poboxcom writes back r29829 guido commented security hole warning tempfilemktemp comment warnings mktemp annoying often unavoidable thought whether warning restored 5 years later hopefully many uses mktemp removed going restore warning perhaps commented code deleted sorry revive thread mktemp useful file meant created another application eg launched subprocess could even daemon running different user example processing chain converts pdf temporary jpeg using external tool things jpeg dont want python actually create file generate unique filename course one use namedtemporaryfile retrieve name close file handle pass name application useless complication compared simplicity writing my_filename tempfilemktemp _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 124919 0000 pythondev warn mktemp