FWIW, I use the word "obtain" in such contexts.
A naming pattern of mine is therefore:
create_something
just to create something
get_something
to get something
obtain_something
to get something anyway (i.e. creating it if it doesn't exist)
Sted
"David Abrahams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Vladimir Prus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> > One problem is that "demand" still does not communicate to me that
> > something will be created.
>
> That's why I'm saying you have to treat it as a term of art. It
> becomes like a naming convention ("on demand, create XXX").
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> Dave Abrahams
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