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If I read well, the programmer is quite scared of someone breaking the interface - otherwise I don't understand why using this double-interface MyTemp/_Knob. I'd probably trust the user a little bit more and stick to _Knob directly, but that's a matter of taste.

Given the fact that it deals with temporary directories, I'd go a little further and encapsulate directory creation inside as well. In this way, you would reduce the risk that you create a temporary directory but forget to mark it as mortal (if you pass me the XS language). This makes me wonder if there's a CPAN module that already does this - if not, it's a good idea IMHO.

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by dragonchild (Archbishop) on May 13, 2005 at 12:54 UTC
    This makes me wonder if there's a CPAN module that already does this - if not, it's a good idea IMHO.

    Like File::Temp, which has been part of the core since before the Dawn of Time?

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      I knew it was a da*n1 good idea! :)

      1Dawn, of course.

      Flavio (perl -e 'print(scalar(reverse("\nti.xittelop\@oivalf")))')

      Don't fool yourself.
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