[Python-Dev] Rationale for NamedTemporaryFile?

[Greg Ewing]

Gregory P. Smith wrote:

> I prefer the default of "clean up after itself" as is to avoid leaving
> temporary file turds on systems caused by us lazy programmers.

Maybe instead of an option there should be a separate
function with a different name, such as NewUniqueFile.
For the use cases I have in mind, the file isn't really
"temporary" at all. Or rather, only the name is temporary,
as it ultimately gets renamed.

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Greg