In that case what about "RexxCreateNewQueue"? I know it's much longer but in rexx it would be obj~createnew which seems reasonable to me.
Thanks, David Ruggles CCNA MCSE (NT) CNA A+ Network Engineer Safe Data, Inc. (910) 285-7200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Rick McGuire [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 10:10 AM To: Open Object Rexx Developer Mailing List Subject: Re: [Oorexx-devel] Fwd: Need a name for a new version ofRexxCreateQueue That's not too bad, but it's something that should translate well into a method name on the .RexxQueue class....and "NEW" is sort of already taken. Rick On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:05 AM, David Ruggles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What about "RexxNewQueue" ? > > Thanks, > > David Ruggles > CCNA MCSE (NT) CNA A+ > Network Engineer Safe Data, Inc. > (910) 285-7200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick McGuire [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 9:32 AM > To: Open Object Rexx Developer Mailing List > Subject: [Oorexx-devel] Fwd: Need a name for a new version of > RexxCreateQueue > > > Ok, third attempt at getting this to the list. The sourceforge mail > server migration is supposed to be complete now. > > Rick > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Rick McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 11:20 AM > Subject: Need a name for a new version of RexxCreateQueue > To: Open Object Rexx Developer Mailing List > <oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > > > Given that this has all been rewritten anyway, I'd like a "do over" on > something I did 20 years ago. The RexxCreateQueue API will create a > new queue with a unique name if the requested name already exists. I > really don't remember why we decided to do it this way with the > original OS/2 implementation 20 years ago, but I have a vague memory > that it was something the OS/2 people wanted. Frankly, this has > generally not worked out real well. In most cases, the create > operation is called for the purposed of creating the queue if it > doesn't already exists. The current behavior means the caller need to > check the returned name and then delete the additional queue if one > was created. Generally, a pain. > > I'd like to create a new version of the API (and expose it in the > RxQueue() function and the RexxQueue class) that behaves the way > people generally want this to work, which is to make sure that the > queue exists. This is fairly easy to do....the biggest hang up is > what to call the operation? The best I've come up with so far is > RexxOpenQueue(), but it's not create an open operation. > RexxGetQueue() might also work, but a Get implies something is > returned, which is not really the case. > > We have an RFE for an exists operation also, so I'll probably add a > RexxQueueExists() API at the same time. > > Rick > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.7.0/1681 - Release Date: 9/21/2008 > 10:10 AM > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel No virus found in this incoming message. 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