> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Abrahams > Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 8:09 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [boost] Re: Filesystem: create_directories > > > Dave Gomboc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Ah, naming again. My favourite. :-) > > > > I like create_path_and_directory. I prefer this order of the two terms > > because logically the path exists before the directory itself does. > > create_full_path(path, 'd') > create_full_path(path, 'f')
That distinction is part of what I was trying to work around with my off-the-wall suggestions. However, there's a fundamental distinction between a path and a directory: a path describes the location of a directory, while a directory is an object. I know this confusion is built into just about every OS out there, but I think a naming scheme that made this distinction obvious would be "a good thing." What, you're waiting for suggestions? I've already shot my wad on that one, with the "full" and "rooted" notions. They don't really capture it, though. Problem here is that you want the directory to exist, but you're describing the two functions in terms of objects, on the one hand, and paths on the other. There must be some keywords that would capture this. I'm going to respond to a message a little further down the thread, though, with a different distinction, and it'll have to capture both <g>. Reid Sweatman _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
