From time to time I write a function that just creates something if it's not there yet and otherwise does nothing.
Names like CreateFooIfNecessary()
or EnsureThereIsAFoo()
do work but they feel a bit clumsy.
One could also say GetFoo()
but that name doesn't really imply that foo
may be created first and it only works if the function returns a handle/pointer/reference to foo
.
Can those of you more familiar with the English language come up with a better way to name these functions?
How about GetOrCreate()
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