engelbert gruber <grub...@users.sourceforge.net> added the comment:
Assumption:
/tmp is used in examples so the examples work
because /tmp is always writeable
module tempfile is for creating temporary files, the name of which is
unimported, when a user is trying code from documentation it might be hard on
him/her to additionally guess/save the random filenames.
``grep tmp -r CPython3.3/Doc`` (trimmed results and grouped)
* Doc/distutils/install.rst, Doc/install/install.rst:
e.g. ``--install-base=/tmp``
maybe ``--install-base=<other-python-base-directory>``
if someone installs to another directory, one has a reason and
therefore knows the directory.
* all other e.g. ::
Doc/library/sqlite3.rst::file:`/tmp/example` file::
Doc/library/sqlite3.rst: conn = sqlite3.connect('/tmp/example')
use ``/tmp`` because it is writeable, but assuming the user wants
to program i think it is not so big a burden to assume him/her to
grasp the concept of directories, files and write protection.
So either it can be left out, as in sqlite3.rst, maybe a file
extension would be more helpful, or replaced by a placeholder
like ``<my-log-directory>`` or ``<directory-for-tempfiles>``.
I am unsure about the ``<>`` chars ?
list of files:
Doc/distutils/install.rst
Doc/documenting/fromlatex.rst
Doc/howto/logging-cookbook.rst
Doc/install/install.rst
Doc/library/atexit.rst
Doc/library/cgi.rst
Doc/library/imghdr.rst
Doc/library/mailcap.rst
Doc/library/nntplib.rst
Doc/library/optparse.rst
Doc/library/packaging.database.rst
Doc/library/packaging.pypi.simple.rst
Doc/library/pipes.rst
Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
Doc/library/tempfile.rst
Doc/library/trace.rst
Doc/library/zipimport.rst
Doc/tools/sphinxext/susp-ignored.csv
Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
So which way ?
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nosy: +grubert
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