Re: request tmpfile(3) wrapping in Guile 1.9 libguile

[Andy Wingo]

Hi,

On Mon 08 Feb 2010 16:34, Ken Raeburn <address@hidden> writes:

> On Feb 8, 2010, at 06:11, Andy Wingo wrote:
>
>> 3. Is tmpfile(3) really needed, if you have mkstemp! and dynamic
>> extents? Here's what I use, for example:
>
> But mkstemp doesn't guarantee that no one else will grab the file name
> in between the time mkstemp checks that the file doesn't exist, and when
> you actually open(O_CREAT) it.

It does. The return value from mkstemp! is a port, and it mutates the
template to give you a file name. See mkstemp(3).

Andy
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