Make Tempdir Standard use settings API for location #67
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standards/7-temp-directory.md
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| fs.delete("/tmp") | ||
| fs.makeDir("/tmp") | ||
| -- check if tempdir setting exists; If it doesn't, set it | ||
| if settings.get("tempdir") == nil then |
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It might be better to do settings.get("tempdir", "/tmp") rather than setting it.
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I think this probably needs a little bit more rewording than just replacing every instance of I'm also curious of your use-case here? It seems to add a lot of complications without much tangible benefit. |
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Could you please elaborate on the benefits/use cases of this? I can see this causing a large number of difficulties and complications. With this you would basically have to include a settings API with every program that wants to save temporary files. We don't have anything else in this API you mention either, so I doubt it would be used that much. The way I see it the more simple this is the more likely it is going to be used. So unfortunately it's probably a no from me, but if you do have solutions to these issues by all means point them out. |
I suggest that the Tempdir standard moves from a hardcoded location to a path defined by a setting, which can be changed to the user's preferences.