[Python-Dev] Rationale for NamedTemporaryFile?

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Wed Mar 21 11:34:25 CET 2007


Scott Dial wrote:
> Greg Ewing wrote:
>
>> Maybe instead of an option there should be a separate
>> function with a different name, such as NewUniqueFile.
> 
> I'm in favor of adding such a function.

A tangential question -- why are TemporaryFile and
NamedTemporaryFile named in TitleCase, when they're
functions and not classes?

--
Greg


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