Am 23.05.2013 um 07:43 schrieb stephane ducasse <stephane.duca...@free.fr>:
> I disagree and this is not coherent with the ensureFile and ensureDirectory > What does it mean anyway? File and Directory are things, delete is an action/verb and deleted is a state. To me the only one that makes sense is that you can ensure a state. To me ensureFile sounds odd, too. It should be called ensureFileExists. Norbert > On May 22, 2013, at 10:33 PM, Sean P. DeNigris <s...@clipperadams.com> wrote: > >> Camillo Bruni-3 wrote >>> because it is the final state, the file is deleted. >>> it emerged out of a longer discussion with sean, mariano and me I think >> >> Yes, we discussed thoroughly in the ml [1] (you were a part, but it was a >> while back). The objection, which I came to agree with, was that you're not >> "ensuring delete" because it may not be deleted (e.g. if it never existed). >> >> [1] >> http://forum.world.st/FileReference-should-throw-error-when-deleting-unexisting-files-td4634357.html >> >> >> >> ----- >> Cheers, >> Sean >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://forum.world.st/Pharo-dev-could-we-rename-ensureDeleted-into-ensureDelete-tp4689198p4689238.html >> Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> > >
