Mark,
Yes, there is exactly one require("fs").
On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Mark Hahn <[email protected]> wrote:
> It just occurred to me that I can do fs.readDir = fs.readdir. Will
> this apply to fs in every module? A normal module only has one copy.
> Is there only one instance of fs?
>
> If it does work then I'll make a module that fixes all of these. It
> won't break anything.
>
> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Mark Hahn <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Why not also allow readDir? It would cause no harm to do so.
>>
>> This isn't node, but what also bugs me is typeof and instanceof. I
>> cringe every time I type them.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 11:47 AM, David Habereder
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> That clears that up. Thanks.
>>>
>>> Am Donnerstag, 27. Dezember 2012 20:36:30 UTC+1 schrieb Matt Sergeant:
>>>>
>>>> I think you'll likely find where it isn't the case (such as readdir) the
>>>> name comes from the POSIX function name. There's no readfile function in
>>>> POSIX, but there is readdir(). The only other case seems to be readlink,
>>>> which is the same issue.
>>>>
>>>> http://linux.die.net/man/2/readdir
>>>> http://linux.die.net/man/2/readlink
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 1:02 PM, David Habereder <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am quite new to node.js.
>>>>>
>>>>> As far as I can see the method names aren't very consistent. Take the
>>>>> methods from File System for example: http://nodejs.org/api/fs.html
>>>>> It is ".readFile" (Camelcase)
>>>>> But it is ".readdir" (all lowercase)
>>>>>
>>>>> There are a few more such cases where I don't see a pattern when
>>>>> camelcase is used and when not.
>>>>>
>>>>> You could say that this is absolutely irrelevant and you would be right.
>>>>> But it annoys me :-(
>>>>> And it reminds me of PHP syntax garbage.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there any interest in getting all method names either camelcase or
>>>>> lowercase, or will this just stay as is?
>>>>>
>>>>> ~dave
>>>>>
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