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From:	Chris Herborth <cherborth AT qnx DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Bug in python's tempfile : returning wrong object type
Date:	Wed, 09 Feb 2005 15:33:37 -0500
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Nick Burch wrote:
> With cygwin distributed python (2.4, dec 4 2004), there's a bug in 
> tempfile.
> 
> import tempfile
> fo = tempfile.TemporaryFile()
> type(fo)
> 
> This should return <type 'file'>, but is currently returning 
> <type 'instance'>
> 
> This also seems broken on python 2.3.4

This isn't a Cygwin problem or feature.  The Windows-native Python 2.4 
(Python 2.4 (#60, Nov 30 2004, 11:49:19) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on 
win32) gives the same result.

I suspect the tempfile module's docs are misleading... it you look at 
the code, the returned object is an instance of 
tempfile._TemporaryFileWrapper.

-- 
Chris Herborth (cherborth AT qnx DOT com)
Never send a monster to do the work of an evil scientist.


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