On Fri, 18 Oct 2024 at 18:22, Gaius Mulley wrote:
Alexey Ulasevich writes:
> Can we expand module FIO.def by `Delete` procedure that will be delete
> a file? I think FIO.def is good place for it, because `Exists` is here.
Not really a good reason.
It follows the approach "We introduced this inconsistency before, let's add another one like it."
certainly - sounds a good idea. It's progress can be tracked here:
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=117203
File lookup, rename and delete are file system operations, NOT I/O operations.
Ideally, these operations should all be in an appropriately named file system operations library.
regards
benjamin