lib/file: String::files does not exist on error

Signed-off-by: Jean Privat <jean@pryen.org>

diff --git a/lib/standard/file.nit b/lib/standard/file.nit
index 956d72f..545f59b 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/standard/file.nit
+++ b/lib/standard/file.nit
@@ -964,7 +964,17 @@ redef class String
                end
        end
 
-       # returns files contained within the directory represented by self
+       # Returns entries contained within the directory represented by self.
+       #
+       #     var files = "/etc".files
+       #     assert files.has("issue")
+       #
+       # Returns an empty array in case of error
+       #
+       #     files = "/etc/issue".files
+       #     assert files.is_empty
+       #
+       # TODO find a better way to handle errors and to give them back to the user.
        fun files: Array[String] is extern import Array[String], Array[String].add, NativeString.to_s, String.to_cstring `{
                char *dir_path;
                DIR *dir;
@@ -972,8 +982,11 @@ redef class String
                dir_path = String_to_cstring( recv );
                if ((dir = opendir(dir_path)) == NULL)
                {
-                       perror( dir_path );
-                       exit( 1 );
+                       //perror( dir_path );
+                       //exit( 1 );
+                       Array_of_String results;
+                       results = new_Array_of_String();
+                       return results;
                }
                else
                {