Re: tempname vs. tmpnam

[Rik]

On 10/22/2014 01:03 PM, John W. Eaton wrote:
> On 10/22/2014 02:35 PM, Rik wrote:
>
>> tempdir and tempname are required for Matlab compatibility.  The Mathworks
>> doesn't have a tempfile so we are free to do what we wish in this regard.
>> Right now, the name accords with the underlying C function name.  But it
>> could make sense to settle on "temp" as the prefix for all temporary things
>> and rename this to tempfile.  It would make it easier from the command line
>> to use temp<TAB> to see what functions are available.  On the other hand,
>> tmpfile is in all the seealso links so if you're searching you will come
>> across it quickly.
>>
>> Anyways, I'm not too exercised either way.  If someone wants to prepare a
>> changeset I'd review it.  Otherwise it can stay this way.
>
> If we keep the functions that are essentially wrappers for the underlying
> C library functions, it makes sense to me to keep the names the same as
> they are in the C library.
>

All fine with me, and no new code to write :)

--Rik