Jim Meyering wrote: > > Do we want a tmpfile-gnu module that guarantees that tmpfile() is > > not constrained by silly platform limits, and does not put garbage > > on stderr on failure to create a temporary file? > > That sounds worthwhile. > No one wants their daemon or library code to spew diagnostics to stderr.
That is an argument for putting the replacement or workaround into the module 'tmpfile'. Recall that we create a module 'foo-gnu' if _some_ people want the POSIX behaviour and _some_ people want the improved/GNU behaviour. If everyone wants to improved/GNU behaviour, put it into 'foo'. Also, do you know any platforms that actually do produce diagnostics on stderr? doc/posix-functions/tmpfile.texi does not mention any. Bruno
