oldFileNamed

> Forgetting the wish for new File accessing implementations for a moment, is
> there a reason why the current StandardFileStream >> oldFileNamed: (and
> oldFileFullyNamed) is implemented:
> ^(self isAFileNamed: fileName)
> ifTrue: [self new open: fileName forWrite: true]
> ifFalse: [(FileDoesNotExistException fileName: fileName) signal]
> instead of :
> ^(self new open: fullName forWrite: true) ifNil:
> ["File does not exist..."
> (FileDoesNotExistException fileName: fullName) signal] ?
> Feels abit silly to open a file to see if it exists, then close it, then
> open it again before returning it... (It also causes an unneccessary rehash
> of StandardFileStream registry on success)

> 2009/7/3 Henrik Johansen <[hidden email]>:
>> Forgetting the wish for new File accessing implementations for a  
>> moment, is
>> there a reason why the current StandardFileStream >> oldFileNamed:  
>> (and
>> oldFileFullyNamed) is implemented:
>> ^(self isAFileNamed: fileName)
>> ifTrue: [self new open: fileName forWrite: true]
>> ifFalse: [(FileDoesNotExistException fileName: fileName) signal]
>> instead of :
>> ^(self new open: fullName forWrite: true) ifNil:
>> ["File does not exist..."
>> (FileDoesNotExistException fileName: fullName) signal] ?
>> Feels abit silly to open a file to see if it exists, then close it,  
>> then
>> open it again before returning it... (It also causes an  
>> unneccessary rehash
>> of StandardFileStream registry on success)
>
> Please submit an issue in the tracker and provides a changeset or a
> mcz with your change. I will have a look at it.
>
> Thank you for your report
>
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