[Python-checkins] cpython: whatsnew: os.open O_TMPFILE (#18673).

[r.david.murray]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/0525f7268067
changeset:   89572:0525f7268067
user:        R David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com>
date:        Mon Mar 10 15:41:59 2014 -0400
summary:
  whatsnew: os.open O_TMPFILE (#18673).

files:
  Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst |  5 +++++
  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
@@ -1129,6 +1129,11 @@
 :func:`os.path.ismount` now recognizes volumes mounted below a drive
 root on Windows. (Contributed by Tim Golden in :issue:`9035`.)
 
+:func:`os.open` supports a new flag, :data:`~os.O_TMPFILE` (unnamed temporary
+file) on platforms that provide it (as of 3.4.0 release, that means Linux
+systems with a kernel version of 3.11 or newer that have uapi headers).
+(Contributed by Christian Heimes in :issue:`18673`.)
+
 
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