Re: Automatically deleting selected directories on program exit

[polettix]

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.

[dragonchild]

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?

[polettix]

I knew it was a da*n¹ good idea! :)

¹Dawn, of course.