> Am 23.05.2013 um 07:43 schrieb stephane ducasse <[email protected]>: > >> 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.
yes :) > > Norbert >> On May 22, 2013, at 10:33 PM, Sean P. DeNigris <[email protected]> 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. >>> >> >> >
