[Python-Dev] tempfile.TemporaryFile on Windows NT (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Wed Sep 15 23🔞10 CEST 2004

Tim Peters wrote:

I suppose. The file wrapper on Windows never bothered me, although Windows breakage in the tempfile code has cost me plenty of grief. So I'm much more concerned about not breaking it again than in repairing an inelegance that didn't violate my sense of aesthetics to begin with .

Ah, ok. This is probably the time to present my case: Somebody complained on c.l.p that isinstance(tempfile.TemporaryFile(), file) gives True on Linux but False on Windows. While this result is "in principle correct", I think something can be done to make it correct practically, too.

Regards, Martin

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