Random832 <random...@fastmail.com>: > On Thu, Dec 8, 2016, at 20:38, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: >> In the original 8.3 scheme -- no files "contained" a dot > > Yes, but they do now, and the compatibility quirks persist.
When porting a Python program to Windows, I noticed the filename "aux" is not allowed in Windows. I suspect it's the same with "lst", "prn", "con" and what not. In Linux, "." and ".." are taboo. So is "". Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
