[Python-Dev] test turds?

[Jack Jansen]

Recently, Trent Mick <trentm@ActiveState.com> said:
> test_support.TESTFN is a test filename that is intended to be used by Python
> test scripts. Currently it is just the file '@test' in the current directory.
> A better mechanism might be to use the tempfile.mktemp() module and function.

test_dbm.py (and possibly a few others) use /tmp/delete_me. This
leaves a nasty turd on the Mac if the test fails. (Nasty because a
file called /tmp/delete_me in the Python home directory confuses the
hell out of cvs:-)
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