doesFileExist and doesDirectoryExist overly verbose?

[Michael Snoyman]

Just to clarify: I'm not arguing for any changes to directory here, I think
it should remain as is. That includes not adding in additional aliases.
While I *prefer* the names in system-fileio, I don't consider it
significant enough to touch a core library.

As for isFile not implying an existence check: I've never had that
confusion. A path can't be a file unless it exists, so to me `isFile`
*does* in fact imply existence as well.


On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Erik Hesselink <hesselink at gmail.com> wrote:

> Those names suggest checks to see if something is a file or directory,
> not existence checks.
>
> Regarding the original question: I don't think this should be changed,
> because the current names aren't that bad, and changing them would
> break a lot of code.
>
> Erik
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Michael Snoyman <michael at snoyman.com>
> wrote:
> > I'm personally quite fond of system-fileio's naming scheme: isFile and
> > isDirectory. Actually, I generally find system-fileio and
> system-filepath to
> > be a great set of libraries for most file operations.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 3:41 PM, harry <voldermort at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> doesFileExist and doesDirectoryExist seem overly verbose - wouldn't
> >> fileExists and directoryExists be better?
> >>
> >> Not a major issue, but easily fixed.
> >>
> >>
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