> On 21 May 2018, at 20:07, Guillermo Polito <guillermopolito@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If I'm recalling well (which I might not :)) there is one thing (that I don't quite like) that prevents these two classes to be easily merged into one: their #defaultAction.

We need a good talk/discussion about default actions.

I am pretty confused by them, and my first reaction is that I don't like them, too much UI in there.

Step 1 is to define clearly what #defaultAction is, what is should do, what is allowed, what not, good practices, intended purpose, etc...

> On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 7:07 PM, Alistair Grant <akgrant0710@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 03:01:57PM +0200, Cyril Ferlicot D. wrote:
> > Le 21/05/2018 ?? 14:58, Alistair Grant a ??crit??:
> > > Hi Everyone,
> > >
> > > Does anyone know the history behind FileDoesNotExist and
> > > FileDoesNotExistException?
> > >
> > > Both classes exist in 6.1, and as far as I can tell, both are intended
> > > to do the same thing, i.e. the class comments are:
> > >
> > > FileDoesNotExist;
> > >
> > > I am raised when an operation is attempted on a file that does not
> > > exist. This includes cases where a file operation is attempted on a
> > > directory.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > FileDoesNotExistException:
> > >
> > > Notify when fie does not exist
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > This means that programs have to check for both in exceptions, or be
> > > very sure of whether any object they are using ultimately refers to a
> > > File or a FileReference.
> > >
> > > If there isn't a good reason for having both, I think we should remove
> > > one.�� Since FileDoesNotExistException is loaded first in the bootstrap
> > > process (since it is part of Files, not FileSystem), keeping it probably
> > > makes more sense.
> > >
> > > Similar duplication exists for FileAlreadyExistsException and
> > > FileExists.
> > >
> > > Thoughts?
> > >
> >
> > Hi Alistar,
> >
> > See the conversation here:
> >
> > https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/19026/Merge-FileDoesNotExist-and-FileDoesNotExistException
>
> Thanks, Cyril!
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 03:36:05PM +0200, Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote:
> > I vote for the simple names without Exception in them.
>
> On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 05:59:32PM +0300, Denis Kudriashov wrote:
> > +1
>
> Me too... :-)
>
>
> I'll work on this next.
>
> Cheers,
> Alistair
>
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