In addition, it's a bad idea to have these two superficially similar
functions have the same name, "file". If, in the end, both are to be
kept public, then I think they should at least be given different
names.

On Apr 6, 10:35 am, Victor Rodriguez <vict...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:06 AM, James Reeves
>
> <weavejes...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> ...
> > The problem with having java-utils/file and duck-streams/file is that
> > you lose the ability to load both namespaces at the same time without
> > defining an exception for the file function. This does not seem like
> > an ideal solution. I think we should choose one or the other, give
> > them different names, or attempt to merge their functionality.
>
> IMHO. what you want to avoid is having similar utility functions in
> different projects.  Thus, duck-streams could just use the version of
> file of java-utils, or keep its own version private.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Victor Rodriguez.
>
> > - James
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