On 6/13/07, Alasdair McAndrew wrote:
... I do think that file and directory names should follow the alphanumeric convention of program variables, and not include white spaces or strange characters. But then, I'm old fashioned.
Well, instead of just annoying Gaby by suggesting that coding styles that do not conform to the file name conventions of the operating system are simply deficient, I should admit that it does make sense to me to restrict the allowed filenames when portability is the main issue. For example the POSIX standard does make such a restriction: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/xbd_chap03.html#tag_03_276 But the point is that one should not implement software that assumes this restriction. I think Waldek said it best: "programs that mishandle such names [with funny characters] are clearly broken". Regards, Bill Page. _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
