I do not know but I imagine that I added basenameWithoutExtension because I found the name much much clearer. I would have never guessed that base is the basename without the extension.
Stef On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 9:46 PM, Alistair Grant <akgrant0...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I've just taken a look at issue 19609 FileReference>>base should be > before last separator and wonder whether it is a correct interpretation > of the original intentions. > > The original author of the issue, Michael, seems to feel that > FileReferene>>base and FileReference>>basenameWithoutExtension are the > same. > > My reading of the comments is that they perform a different function, > i.e.: > > > '/a/b/c.d.e' asFileReference base. "c" > '/a/b/c.d.e' asFileReference basenameWithoutExtension. "c.d" > > > are both the expected values, i.e.: > > - #base answers the name up to the first extensionDelimiter. > - #basenameWithoutExtension answers the name without what is typically > considered the file extension (the bit after the last > extensionDelimiter). > > Not shown above, but: > > - #basename answers the entire filename, i.e. "c.d.e". > > > Does anyone know the history of these methods? > > > Cheers, > Alistair >
