Re: RFC 52 (v1) List context return from filesystem func

Leon Brocard wrote:
> 
> Perl6 RFC Librarian sent the following bits through the ether:
> 
> > affected files.  I suggest that in a list context, they return the I<names>
> > of the I<unsuccessfully> affected files.
> 
> This seems the wrong way around to me. Surely it should instead return
> the name of the successfully affected files? Hmmmmm.

You only want the names of the failures, becuase those are the ones you
want to report / try remedial action for, etc.

Now, Damian could of course extend his 'want' RFC to include a
'want-success' or 'want-failure' option :-)

Hildo

• RFC 52 (v1) List context return from filesystem func by Perl6 RFC Librarian
• Re: RFC 52 (v1) List context return from filesystem func by Leon Brocard
• Re: RFC 52 (v1) List context return from filesystem func by Hildo Biersma