[r6rs-discuss] &i/o-file-exists-not
Alan Watson
alan at alan-watson.org
Fri May 25 12:24:48 EDT 2007
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
More information about the r6rs-discuss
mailing list