[Python-Dev] Warnings

[Jaroslav Pachola]

Hello,

Dne Thursday 05 February 2009 Antoine Pitrou napsal(a):
> Hello,
>
> > I agree.  The best thing to do would be to deprecate the Python wrappers
> > around insecure C functions and then remove them after a couple releases.
>
> They have been removed in 3.0.

What's the replacement in the library then, in case that I just want to create 
a unique file name and I don't care about the possible issues?

>
> > Why does Python offer
> > this attractive nuisance?
>
> Well, there was a time when security concerns were a lot less wide-spread.
>

Is using of virtual memory secure? Aren't we all adults suddenly? ;-)

I know, the damage has already been done (as with cmp parameter of sort(ed) 
etc.) and I should have notice them sooner. Or it is only me, maybe, who 
thinks that such weight losing is not healthy for the language and library 
users.

Regards,

JP