From: James Britt <ruby@...>
Date: 2004-12-09T10:01:53+09:00
Subject: Re: [patch] Obtaining mode information on an IO object

Jos Backus wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 09:25:13AM +0900, nobu.nokada@softhome.net wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>At Tue, 7 Dec 2004 04:22:22 +0900,
>>Jos Backus wrote in [ruby-core:03907]:
>>
>>>The attached patch implements IO#mode. This method returns the mode the IO
>>>object was opened with as a String. Example:
>>>
>>>    f = File.new("testfile")
>>>    f.mode   #=> "r"
>>
>>"mode" feels confusing as "stat.mode", how about "accmode" instead?
> 
> 
> I rather like the symmetry between File.mode and File::Stat.mode, but accmode
> is okay with me too.

What is "accmode" suppose to be indicate? "Access mode?"  If that's the 
case, can it just be called "access_mode" ?

Or is there a requirement for consistency with some historical Unix 
terseness?


Thanks,

James