What is the reason that the system specific files (sys-unix.c et.al.) all define a specific name for building tmpfile? In main/devPS.c then there is an #ifdef sequence which calls depending on the system defined the respective function. Wouldn't it be better just to have one function R_tmpnam(), which is implemented system dependent in the sys-<system>.c files? -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
Unified naming for R<system>_tmpnam possible?
2 messages · Thomas Hoffmann", Brian Ripley
On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Thomas Hoffmann wrote:
What is the reason that the system specific files (sys-unix.c et.al.) all define a specific name for building tmpfile?
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In main/devPS.c then there is an #ifdef sequence which calls depending on the system defined the respective function. Wouldn't it be better just to have one function R_tmpnam(), which is implemented system dependent in the sys-<system>.c files?
Yes, now there is a Macintosh maintainer that had occurred to some of us. However, as this is not part of the R API, I don't see this is of any interest except to R-core, and changing things that work is not a high priority.
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