On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Michael Ash <michael....@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Michael <m...@comcast.net> wrote: > > My question, having seen that the author creates and then stores these > > unique names in the NSTemporaryDirectory, is **why** one would choose > that > > directory over, say, some locally created directory..is there a good OOP > > reason for choosing that Foundation directory? Unless I have missed > > something, ( quite probably) the documentation does not specifically > discuss > > this aspect...but if it does...I will gladly read that if available. > > Nothing to do with OOP, it's just good practice on the system. > Temporary files go in the temporary directory. There are several > reasons why this is a good idea: > > - The temporary directory gets cleaned out regularly by the system. If > you forget to delete the file or your app crashes or something else > like that goes wrong, your temporary file won't sit around on the > user's HD forever taking up space. > > - It's hidden and out of the way, so users aren't bothered by seeing > temporary files they don't care about pop up in their home directory > somewhere. > > - It's local even when the home directory itself is not. For example, > if the user's home directory is stored on a network server, it's > wasteful to put temporary files on that network server too when > they're only needed locally. And, of course, there's a very good meta-reason - you gain all of the above benefits without having to write, debug, or maintain the relevant code yourself. Apple already wrote it, so why reinvent that wheel? sherm-- -- Cocoa programming in Perl: http://camelbones.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
