[New-bugs-announce] [issue27023] Documentation of tempfile.gettempdir() does not mention it only supports existing directories

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Documentation of tempfile.gettempdir() <https://docs.python.org/3/library/tempfile.html#tempfile.gettempdir> does not mention it only supports existing directories.

This led to this question on Stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/q/37229398/539465

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation, Library (Lib)
messages: 265539
nosy: Valentin.Lorentz, docs at python
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Documentation of tempfile.gettempdir() does not mention it only supports existing directories
versions: Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6

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