[Python-Dev] os.tmpfile() problem

2007-08-07 Thread Maciej Fijalkowski
I've got slight problem with os.tmpfile(). What I would like to do is to get the filedesc of tmpfile. First approach: os.tmpfile().fileno() of course does not work out, because fileno() does not keep object alive. The solution is to keep os.tmpfile() result somewhere for an arbitrary amount of

Re: [Python-Dev] os.tmpfile() problem

2007-08-07 Thread Guido van Rossum
This seems a question for comp.lang.python or [EMAIL PROTECTED] (does that still exist?). Also, you might consider the APIs available in the tempfile module rather than os.tempfile(). On 8/7/07, Maciej Fijalkowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got slight problem with os.tmpfile(). What I would

Re: [Python-Dev] Pleaswe help with the countdown to zero failing tests in the struni branch!

2007-08-07 Thread Guido van Rossum
Here's a followup. We need help from someone with a 64-bit Linux box; these tests are failing on 64-bit only: test_io, test_largefile, test_ossaudiodev, test_poll, test_shelve, test_socket_ssl. I suspect that the _fileio.c module probably is one of the culprits. Other news: On 8/6/07, Guido