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From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk>
Subject: File_Exists (Was: Press Release - Ada 2012 Language Standard Approved by ISO)
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:19:37 +0100
Date: 2013-01-11T17:19:37+01:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87obgvr8ti.fsf_-_@adaheads.sparre-andersen.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: sygavjbms2ti.1vyrm2stnzrwd.dlg@40tude.net

Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:

> Never use File_Exists if you can.

One of my colleagues could come up with a sensible use case for
"File_Missing": When a web service wants to know if it should ask a user
to upload a profile image (stored in a file).

Some applications use the existence of certain files as a simple
external management interface.  Although I consider this bad style and
prefer a socket based management interface, it might be considered a
reasonable use as well.

Can anybody supply some other sensible use cases for
File_Exists/File_Missing.

Greetings,

Jacob
-- 
The backhoe is the natural predator of the fiber optic cable.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-01-11 16:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-18  7:45 Press Release - Ada 2012 Language Standard Approved by ISO Dirk Craeynest
2012-12-18 16:57 ` Robert A Duff
2012-12-18 21:12   ` Bill Findlay
2012-12-18 21:36     ` Jeffrey Carter
2012-12-18 21:57       ` Bill Findlay
2012-12-19  8:33     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-12-19  9:00       ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-12-19  9:19         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-12-19  9:21           ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-12-19  9:38             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-12-19 12:23               ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-12-19 14:34       ` Bill Findlay
2012-12-20  1:52       ` Randy Brukardt
2012-12-21  9:01         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-12-21 10:13           ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-12-21 10:34             ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-12-21 13:38             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-12-22  1:40           ` Randy Brukardt
2012-12-22  9:02             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-12-22 22:38               ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-12-23  8:08                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-12-23 23:38                   ` Shark8
2012-12-24  2:44                     ` sbelmont700
2012-12-24  5:29                       ` Shark8
2012-12-25 21:51                       ` Florian Weimer
2012-12-27  1:00                         ` sbelmont700
2012-12-27  1:47                           ` Randy Brukardt
2012-12-27 14:29                             ` sbelmont700
2012-12-27 15:30                               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-12-27 18:48                                 ` Jeffrey Carter
2012-12-27 21:54                                   ` Randy Brukardt
2012-12-27 22:09                                     ` J-P. Rosen
2013-01-11 11:41                                     ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-01-11 11:35                                   ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-01-11 16:13                                     ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2013-01-12  2:06                                       ` Randy Brukardt
2013-01-11 11:33                                 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-01-11 14:15                                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-11 16:19                                 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen [this message]
2013-01-11 19:36                                   ` File_Exists (Was: Press Release - Ada 2012 Language Standard Approved by ISO) Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-01-14  5:09                                     ` File_Exists Jacob Sparre Andersen
2013-01-12  7:55                                   ` File_Exists (Was: Press Release - Ada 2012 Language Standard Approved by ISO) Georg Bauhaus
2012-12-27 20:12                             ` compilers, was Re: Press Release - Ada 2012 Language Standard Approved by ISO tmoran
2012-12-27 20:54                               ` Shark8
2012-12-27 22:00                               ` Randy Brukardt
2012-12-27 10:05                           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-11 11:28                           ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-01-11 14:21                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-11 14:23                               ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-12-24  6:44                   ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-12-24  9:02                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-12-24 11:13                       ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-12-24 15:49                         ` Exception contracts for Ada? Was: " Peter C. Chapin
2012-12-24 16:34                           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-12-24 19:45                             ` Exception contracts for Ada? Peter C. Chapin
2012-12-25 11:09                               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-12-27  2:38                               ` Randy Brukardt
2012-12-27  2:16                           ` Exception contracts for Ada? Was: Re: Press Release - Ada 2012 Language Standard Approved by ISO Randy Brukardt
2012-12-27 15:03                             ` Peter C. Chapin
2012-12-27  1:17               ` Randy Brukardt
2013-01-11 17:10       ` Marius Amado-Alves
2012-12-20 21:55     ` Anh Vo
2012-12-21  1:04       ` Bill Findlay
2012-12-18 23:24   ` Randy Brukardt
2012-12-19  8:35     ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-12-19  9:03       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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