Kris Kennaway wrote:
>
> On Sun, 14 May 2000, Tim Vanderhoek wrote:
>
> > It's certainly not like it would be the first non-portable function
> > we've added. Where adding functions to libraries encourages better
> > coding practices, I'm (often) in favour of it, especially if it
> > encourages more secure coding practices. Ultimately everyone
> > benefits, and the pain is short-term.
>
> True, but I'd venture that in most of those cases they did something a
> little less trivial than one line of code.
We could simply redefine mktemp to not be such a security hole. Do
common programs that use mktemp depend on side effects?
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