martin v löwis qpnyslvloewisde fact good reason mkstemp return fd except backward compatibility except backwards compatibility good reason keep osmkstemp greg ewings usecase one ive also times ie convenience function creating somewhat temporary file randomly named persists beyond closing file function doesnt stay os doesnt make difference though talking specific implementation happens wrapper around c librarys mkstemp use case question think passing deletefalse namedtemporaryfile would work well regards martin _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 062319 0200 pythondev warn mktemp