From:	Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Flaw in tmpfile() ?
Date:	Wed, 08 Oct 1997 15:51:20 -0700
Organization:	Alcyone Systems
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Thomas Demmer wrote:

> I just stumbled across a little flaw in tmpfile(). It opens
> the file according to the current setting of _fmode either
> int text or binary mode. IMHO this should at least be mentioned
> in the docs ;-)
	...
> So, unless there is a good reason to keep things
> as they are, I propose to change the mode.

This is definitely a bug.  ANSI C 7.9.4.3 states that the file opened
from tmpfile is to be opened in binary mode.

Either way, DJ already says he's fixed it.

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