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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions Doc/library/tempfile.rst
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Expand Up @@ -222,8 +222,9 @@ The module defines the following user-callable items:
the file is executable by no one. The file descriptor is not inherited
by child processes.

Unlike :func:`TemporaryFile`, the user of :func:`mkstemp` is responsible
for deleting the temporary file when done with it.
Unlike :func:`TemporaryFile`, the user of :func:`mkstemp` is responsible for closing

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"for closing the file descriptor and deleting the temporary file"

and deleting the temporary file (by e.g. using :func:`os.close` and
:func:`os.remove`) when done with it.
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  • Please ensure lines are max 79 characters.
  • Please don't use latin abbreviations, see the devguide for more information.


If *suffix* is not ``None``, the file name will end with that suffix,
otherwise there will be no suffix. :func:`mkstemp` does not put a dot
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