From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,7eef1e530c6ffb21 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.flashnewsgroups.com-b7.4zTQh5tI3A!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: procedure Make_File_Gone (Name : in String); References: Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 03:56:54 -0400 Message-ID: <8239i06p89.fsf@stephe-leake.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:dwIhs8g354r3RGAggBveDCE1CQ8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@flashnewsgroups.com Organization: FlashNewsgroups.com X-Trace: dad244e27dbdbe029e66108920 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20256 Date: 2011-07-21T03:56:54-04:00 List-Id: tmoran@acm.org writes: > What's a good name for a procedure that does an > Ada.Directories.Delete_File if the file exists, and silently returns if > the file is already gone. Delete_File. I'm assuming you are declaring this in a package that is not Ada.Directories, so overloading is perfectly appropriate. The detailed semantics are in the comments, not the name. -- -- Stephe