Eystein Måløy Stenberg <eystein.stenb...@gmail.com> wrote on 2009-12-09 
03:15:13:

> Hi Neil,
> 
> I think the reason for this is that the correct mode-string is always
> a scalar, a short string, while the correct owners/groups can
> potentially be long lists.
> Printing valid owners/groups could thus lead to messy output.
> I'm therefore reluctant to call this a bug, but thanks for letting us 
know.

A potentially long list would be the exception rather than the rule.  For 
most unix systems only one group and one owner is possible.

Sincerely,
--
Neil Watson
416-673-3465


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