From: Luis Lavena <luislavena@...>
Date: 2008-08-19T02:07:03+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:18328] Re: [Bug #449] File.zero? returns true when given a directory on Windows

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 6:45 PM, John Lam (IRONRUBY)
<jflam@microsoft.com> wrote:
> Not at all - it means we're now free to do the right thing :)
>

I hope by "the right thing" you don't say "raise an exception" as the
ideal option ;-)

File.zero? always return false when a Directory is being requested
(*nix), so similar thinking on Windows will reduce the surprise
factor, right?

Also the File.zero? documentation can be updated to reflect that
File.zero? is not reliable across platforms given the same scenario.

> Thanks,
> -John
>

Regards,
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