On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 1:46 AM, Alexey Zinger <[email protected]>wrote:
> I see a small problem with the Scala stuff. Specifically: > > FileRef > - DirectoryFileRef > - StreamableFileRef > - AppendableFileRef > - RandomAccessFileRef > - NonExistantFileRef > > How does this address the scenario of a non-existent file reference > "becoming" existent by a side-effect of code elsewhere (maybe outside > current execution thread, or the JVM as a whole)? But in general, this just > feels like a losing battle to me -- trying to apply immutability principles > to I/O. Why? > > Alexey > > Its about naming, if your name is wrong your going to have a hard to time defending it. Calling an Elephant a Frog is never right. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
