Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 20:29:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> Cc: James Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mktemp() vs. mkstemp() Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005141952440.20005-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20000514224905.D14160@mad>
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On Sun, 14 May 2000, Tim Vanderhoek wrote:
> It's certainly not like it would be the first non-portable function
> we've added. Where adding functions to libraries encourages better
> coding practices, I'm (often) in favour of it, especially if it
> encourages more secure coding practices. Ultimately everyone
> benefits, and the pain is short-term.
True, but I'd venture that in most of those cases they did something a
little less trivial than one line of code.
Kris
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