Re: mkstemp

[David Given <dg@...>]

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Christian Vogler wrote:
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> Problem is that in some libraries it does not. :-(
> 
> So, what can one do?

Complain, I'm afraid.

The only possible excuse for reinventing the wheel is if you're on a cart
that has no wheels --- and even then, you want to give people the option of
using the wheels provided rather than forcing them to use yours. tmpfile()
is in tonnes of standards, including Posix and C99, so if your platform
doesn't support it it's the *platform's* fault.

That doesn't mean to say that it's any less annoying, and that it means you
have to ship your own version just in case the platform doesn't have one or
if it's broken, but your own version should be used strictly as a last resort.

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