>> > Not really. > Either there's no error when you request the file be opened, and the > block works, or you don't, and there's nothing to close. > So as long as the block meant to open a file really does nothing else > but try to open a file, there's nothing wrong with the scope of the > ensure guard.
Ok you mean that if the opening fails by its exact failure we do not have to close? -- ok I did not think about failures as equals to do not create an handle that we should close :) tx to open my eyes on the obvious > If you want to be able to use the detectFile:do: to write code like: > detectFile: [|fileStream| > fileStream := FileStream newFileNamed: 'test.txt'. > fileStream encoder: ISO88592TextConverter new. > fileStream] do: [:aStream doStuff] > the expanded guard would possibly be needed, to me that's giving aBlock > too much responsibility though, I'd rather it'd be forced written: > FileStream detectFile: [FileStream newFileNamed: 'test.txt'] > do: [:aStream encoder: ISO88592TextConverter new; > doStuff] > > Cheers, > Henry > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
