Feature Requests item #1390197, was opened at 2005-12-25 20:41 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=355470&aid=1390197&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Python Library Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Dennis Allison (dallison) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: tempfile misses usecase which requirs renaming Initial Comment: tempfile provides a very convenient API but it seems to miss one important use case. For example, suppose the program is stream editing the file. Typically one reads the source file, edits the data, and writes it to a temporary file. Upon successful completion of the edit, the program renames the temporary to be the original source file, which is atomic in most operating systems, There does not appear to be any neat way to do this with the current API without the program throwing an exception because of the deletion wrapper. Perhaps a "rename" method needs to be added to manage the delete seamlessly. I am not especially fond of that solution as it adds new functionality to file descriptors. . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=355470&aid=1390197&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
