Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4

[Horst von Brand]

Timothy Miller <miller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> > Everyone likes ':', so we'd have "problem/shoe:size".  (Don't bother to 
> > complain about files which have : in them, because I already know it 
> > sucks, but it's an example.)
> 
> [[ I just joined this discussion, so pardon if this is already known.]]

> One advantage of ':' is that portable programs already have to avoid
> it because of NTFS alternate data streams:

Portable programs working on POSIX don't give a damn that C:, CON:, etc are
reserved in MS-DOS.

Windows warts shouldn't infect Linux.
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