On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 10:51:07 +0400 Vladimir Prus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip]
Another option might be: "create_directory_and_parents" That name is longer than "create_directories" although it better describes the function.
So, to summarize, I've no problem with the current name that I've introduced. Of other suggestions "create_directory_and_parents" looks best to me. "ensure_directory_exists" does not imply any operational semantic(i.e. the name does not say that the directory will be created. One might expect exception to be thrown if dir does not exist). "demand_directory" is good. One problem is that "demand" still does not communicate to me that something will be created.
I suggested "create_directory_and_parents" because the current "create_directories" has exactly the semantics of calling "create_directory" incrementally on each parent directory path, then on the directory path itself.
AFAICS this is not correct. create_directory will throw if the directory exists. IIUC create_directories will not.
Thomas
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