[boost] Re: Filesystem: create_directories

From: Stefano Delli Ponti (stefano.delliponti_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-04 09:09:41

FWIW, I use the word "obtain" in such contexts.
A naming pattern of mine is therefore:

  create_something
     just to create something

  get_something
     to get something

  obtain_something
     to get something anyway (i.e. creating it if it doesn't exist)

Sted

"David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
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> Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
> > One problem is that "demand" still does not communicate to me that
> > something will be created.
>
> That's why I'm saying you have to treat it as a term of art.  It
> becomes like a naming convention ("on demand, create XXX").
> -- 
> Dave Abrahams
> Boost Consulting
> www.boost-consulting.com
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