RE: [boost] Re: Design for a file system library

From: Stewart, Robert (stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-27 16:03:19

From: Beman Dawes [mailto:bdawes_at_[hidden]]
> 
> At 07:43 PM 2/24/2002, Jan Langer wrote:
> 
>  >>bool remove(name_t name);
> 
> No return.  Should throw if error.  Other than exists(), all the free 
> functions should throw on error.

I disagree.  This is not such an uncommon failure; using an exception to
report it will make code for this frequent, if not common condition, more
awkward.

>  >>bool move(name_t source, name_t dest);
> 
> Not sure if this should be called rename or move.  Specs need 
> to be worked 
> out if the target is a different volume than source.

Using one name for both operations can be confusing, but it is a common
idiom to call both "move."

Rob
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