Re: [boost] Re: Filesystem: create_directories

From: Thomas Witt (witt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-03 17:00:31

David Abrahams wrote:
> Dave Gomboc <dave_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
> 
>>Ah, naming again.  My favourite. :-)

It's not my favourite, but it matters.

>>
>>I like create_path_and_directory.  I prefer this order of the two terms
>>because logically the path exists before the directory itself does.
> 
> 
> create_full_path(path, 'd')
> create_full_path(path, 'f')

I'de like to get away from create. As I understand it, what we really 
want is to make sure a directory path actually exists without 
necessarily creating any directories. To me calling a create function 
for something that already exists should be an error. I can't see a 
reasonable way to have these semantics with create_directories.

What about something like this:

ensure_path_exists(path);

Thomas