On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Glenn Maynard <gl...@zewt.org> wrote:
> > "native" Newlines must be transformed to the default line-ending > representation of the underlying host filesystem. For example, if the > underlying filesystem is FAT32, newlines would be transformed into \r\n > pairs as the text was appended to the state of the BlobBuilder. > > This is a bit odd: most programs write newlines according to the convention > of the host system, not based on peeking at the underlying filesystem. You > won't even know the filesystem if you're writing to a network drive. I'd > suggest "must be transformed according to the conventions of the local > system", and let implementations decide what that is. It should probably be > explicit that the only valid options are \r\n and \n, or reading files back > in which were transformed in this way will be difficult. > Agreed. > > Also, in the Issue above that, it seems to mean "native" where it says > "transparent". > > -- > Glenn Maynard > > > -- ................................................................ *Sencha* Jarred Nicholls, Senior Software Architect @jarrednicholls <http://twitter.com/jarrednicholls>