>>> The sync is necessary to ensure that the data is written to the disk >>> before the old file overwrites the new filename. >> You still wouldn't use the tempfile module in that case. Instead, you >> would create a regular file, with the name base on the name of the >> important file. >> > Uhm... why?
Because it's much easier not to use the tempfile module, than to use it, and because the main purpose of the tempfile module is irrelevant to the specific application; the main purpose being the ability to auto-delete the file when it gets closed. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com