Re: [Setup-tool-hackers] rmtree
- From: Arturo Espinosa Aldama <arturo ximian com>
- To: Tambet Ingo <tambet ximian com>
- Cc: <setup-tool-hackers helixcode com>
- Subject: Re: [Setup-tool-hackers] rmtree
- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 13:36:51 -0400 (EDT)
On 12 Sep 2001, Tambet Ingo wrote:
> > I really hate replicating that function. That use of the _ constant seems
> > really weird and arbitrary to me.
>
> Why? It's caching. It makes the function (ideally) faster for not making
> stat call twice (-d operator calls stat if filename is provided). Too
> bad its not working for us (and seems like only for us) :)
What I mean is that the name of the token _ is awful. Of course I
understand the semantics, but I think the syntax is terrible.
Arturo
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