david harrison ocyhktlxzazzrgmailcom 2008429 martin v löwis 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 _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 132448 1000 pythondev warn mktemp