Gavin Scott <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>...perhaps :FILE can be extended to support some
>kind of escape or quoting mechanism to allow file equating to a
>funny name.

This is a DEEP idea worth pursuing.  Its simplicity is its strength.


>If we didn't HAVE to allow UNIX and PC style names in order to
>make Samba and similar things work, I don't think we would ever
>want to do it.  If someone says that they must have spaces in
>filenames because they're just going to die if they can't have
>a filename like "\SYS\PUB\My Documents\A Very Good File" then I
>say tough.  Let them live with "My_Documents" or some other
>valid *Posix* name.  Just because we have to offer these files
>with bogus names food and shelter doesn't mean we have to invite
>them into our homes to live with us.

A technical variation of "charity begins at home"?

I'll have to spend a few days digesting Gavin's excellent food for thought.
I am sure Jeff Vance will do the same :-)

Buen provecho,



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