Re: [go-nuts] Remove vs Delete

[Dave Cheney]

Additionally in unix, where the name comes from, a file may have many names 
(many hard links to a directory entry) so remove in this case is removing a 
directory entry. Separately, when the link count of a file drops to zero, the 
file is now inaccessible as you cannot link to something that does not have a 
name. You could considered that deleted.

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[go-nuts] Remove vs Delete

[Joel Eric]

I have always considered add/remove to be a pair of keywords and insert/delete 
a pair of keywords so you could look at the method name used to place the item 
in storage originally

I will admit that I have very little rationale to back this premise up - it's 
more of a personal practice.  Overall I think you can use either method name 
and all will be fine.

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[go-nuts] Remove vs Delete

[bep]

I had this discussion with another Gopher about the difference between 
Delete and Remove.

I found this definition which I agree on:

*"Delete * and *remove 
* are defined quite 
similarly, but the main difference between them is that *delete* means 
*erase* (i.e. rendered nonexistent or nonrecoverable), while *remove* 
connotes *take away and set aside* (but kept in existence)."


Translated to computer terms, remove would be to flag it/hide it, while 
delete would be to delete it from disk/erease it.

But then he mentioned:

https://golang.org/pkg/os/#Remove

I don't expect the os.Remove* funcs to ever be renamed, but wouldn't it be 
more precise if they were named os.Delete etc.?

bep

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