On 03/02/13 11:42 +0100, Peter Bex wrote:
On Sun, Feb 03, 2013 at 06:42:55PM +1100, richo wrote:3) expose a new function that raises errors if the directory exists so that an atomic mkdir is available. My thought is to just name it mkdir, but I'm not sure where it belongs.Please don't do that. This sort of "design" leads to mysql_real_escape_string. It's confusing to the user, and ugly to have several differently named procedures that do almost exactly the same thing but with slight differences in behavior. Better to either keep it the way it is, change the semantics and breaking compat (so be it), or convert to keyword args and make it an optional feature (my least favorite alternative). Cheers, Peter
Awesome, I guess with that said, I need someone who's more planted in the project to make a call so I know which way to jump. My preference is certainly to change the semantics and have a unified implementation without weird caveats, but I can't speak for how much code it'll break. I have a patch ready, but I can't test it as I can't get the test suite to work (followup post to -hackers incoming) Thanks again Richo -- richo || Today's excuse: The Dilithium Crystals need to be rotated. http://blog.psych0tik.net
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