[r6rs-discuss] &i/o-file-exists-not

From: Alan Watson <alan>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 11:24:48 -0500

Making a negative statement by appending "not" to a positive statement
is not standard modern English. (Although it is fine in poetry, for
example, "she loves me not", and high-school, for example, Wayne's World.)

Therefore, I would suggest that better names for
"&i/o-file-already-exists" and "&i/o-file-exists-not" might be
"&i/o-file-already-exists" and "&i/o-file-does-not-exist" or
"&i/o-file-present" and "&i/o-file-absent".

Regards,

Alan
Received on Fri May 25 2007 - 12:24:48 UTC