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Subject: Re: Create and Append_File
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On Friday, 7 June 2019 09:01:15 UTC+1, Simon Wright  wrote:
> "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:
>=20
> > As you note, Create (In_File) is already nonsense, so Create
> > (Append_File) might as well be nonsense as well (it's *less* nonsense
> > in any case, since a modeless Reset preserves the mode, and the file
> > wouldn't necessarily be empty at that point).
>=20
> I guess I should add this to my StackOverflow answer which may have been
> the trigger for this question. I have No Idea why I thought it sensible
> to Create the file in Append_File mode.
>=20
> https://stackoverflow.com/a/56404909/40851

I see that I did update that answer, with

>At first glance, you might wonder what the point of opening a file that mu=
st have been empty in append mode is. Normally, of course, it might as well=
 have been opened in standard out mode; the only difference would be if for=
 some reason you had to use the modeless [`Reset`](http://www.ada-auth.org/=
standards/rm12_w_tc1/html/RM-A-10-1.html#p11). In that case, if the file wa=
s created in append mode it would remain in append mode, so any previous up=
dates wouldn=E2=80=99t be lost.