Question

This is in relation to this other SO question which asks how to overwrite an existing file.

The top answer is this:

FileStream file = File.Open("text.txt", FileMode.Create);

My answer was this:

FileStream fs = System.IO.File.Create(fileName);

As of when I wrote this question, the tally was 14-0 in favor of Open.

If votes are an indication of good versus bad solutions, this makes me wonder a bit:

Is there something I’m missing in
these methods that would make it
clearly that much better to choose
Open over Create?

Answer 1

To me, I know exactly what File.Open("...", FileMode.Create) does because I can hover over FileMode.Create and it tells me that is will create a new file each time. File.Create("...") has no such tool tip that indicates that it will do this.