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Re: [PATCH v2] Git.pm: Use File::Temp->tempfile instead of ->new

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Marcus Griep <marcus@griep.us>
Date
Sep 9, 2008, 17:35 UTC
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Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote:
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> At 2008-09-08 12:53:01 -0400, marcus@griep.us wrote:
>> +		my $fname;
>> +		($$temp_fd, $fname) = File::Temp->tempfile(
>> +			'Git_XXXXXX', UNLINK => 1
>>  			) or throw Error::Simple("couldn't open new temp file");
> 
> What happens when tempfile croaks on error?

I was indifferent to the idea of catching the ->tempfile croak just to hide it in our own error (since the ->tempfile croak would have more information), in which case the extra 'or throw' may be superfluous, but I kept it as a defensive programming practice.

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Message 17 of 23 in “Git 1.6.0.1 breaks git-svn with perl 5.8.0”
  1. Tom G. ChristensenSep 1, 2008
  2. Matthieu MoySep 1, 2008
  3. Git.pm: Require File::Temp 0.14 for new()Abhijit Menon-Sen, Sep 1, 2008
  4. Tom G. ChristensenSep 1, 2008
  5. Git.pm: Use File::Temp->tempfile instead of ->newAbhijit Menon-Sen, Sep 1, 2008
  6. Tom G. ChristensenSep 1, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2008
  8. Abhijit Menon-SenSep 7, 2008
  9. Marcus GriepSep 7, 2008
  10. Abhijit Menon-SenSep 8, 2008
  11. Git.pm: Use File::Temp->tempfile instead of ->newMarcus Griep, Sep 8, 2008
  12. Git.pm: Use File::Temp->tempfile instead of ->newMarcus Griep, Sep 8, 2008
  13. Eric WongSep 9, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2008
  15. Eric WongSep 10, 2008
  16. Abhijit Menon-SenSep 9, 2008
  17. Marcus GriepSep 9, 2008
  18. Tom G. ChristensenSep 9, 2008
  19. Marcus GriepSep 9, 2008
  20. Tom G. ChristensenSep 10, 2008
  21. git-svn: Fixes my() parameter list syntax error in pre-5.8 PerlMarcus Griep, Sep 10, 2008
  22. Marcus GriepSep 10, 2008
  23. Tom G. ChristensenSep 1, 2008

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