Re: [Rd] [Patch suggestion] Adding 3rd arg to tempfile() to set extension

I think this is a good idea; I'll put it into r-devel and possibly r-alpha. Duncan Murdoch On 18/03/2011 1:54 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: The other day I was working on an example which used tempfile() to create file for use by the graphics device. And while I love tempfile()---as it is portab

[Rd] [Patch suggestion] Adding 3rd arg to tempfile() to set extension

The other day I was working on an example which used tempfile() to create file for use by the graphics device. And while I love tempfile()---as it is portable and clever and the files get cleaned by R and all that---I noticed one missing feature I would like to see: beside a starting name pattern,