Creates an editable temp file that will be removed on close

tempfile.py

import os

class TempFile(object):
    """Creates an editable temp file that will be removed on close"""

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwds):
        self.args = args
        self.kwds = kwds

    def __enter__(self):
        self.file_obj = open(*self.args, **self.kwds)
        self.name = self.kwds.get('name', None) or self.args[0]
        return self.file_obj

    def __exit__(self, *args):
        self.file_obj.close()
        os.remove(self.name)

## Usage: It must be used with a 'with' statement

if __name__ == '__main__':

    with TempFile('mytemp.txt', 'w') as myfile:
        myfile.write('uva')