Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2012-11-05, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: > > In article <mailman.3269.1352097585.27098.python-l...@python.org>, > > Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> It's nothing to do with operating system. File names are names, and > >> spaces in them are seldom worth the hassle unless you manipulate those > >> files solely using a GUI. > > > > That's a very ascii-esqe attitude. In a fully unicode world, I could > > easily see using U+00A0 (NO-BREAK SPACE) in file names, and still have > > space-delimited CLI work just fine. > > No, it wouldn't work just fine. You'd never know when looking at > names whether it was a "regular" space or a "no-break space", and > names would be visually ambiguous. Visually ambiguous names are > horrible.
Not to mention that in the GUI I (usually) want the space to be a "break space". > > > But, yeah, in the world we live in today, I try to avoid spaces in > > filenames. But, instead of turning "My File Name" into MyFileName, I'll > > usually do it as My-File-Name or My_File_Name. ~Ramit This email is confidential and subject to important disclaimers and conditions including on offers for the purchase or sale of securities, accuracy and completeness of information, viruses, confidentiality, legal privilege, and legal entity disclaimers, available at http://www.jpmorgan.com/pages/disclosures/email. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list