Mike Krell wrote: > On 3/16/07, Greg Ewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Mike Krell wrote: >> >>> I said the name ".emacs" was used as an example. For that matter, the >>> name "a.txt" was also used as an example. The use cases are real. >> So does your application create any file names >> that have a single dot at the beginning? >> > > Yes. How many more times would you like me to answer this question? > > Just in case you'd like me to answer it three more times, here are the > answers: > > Yes, yes, and yes. > So that would be a yes, then.
Perhaps you'd like to remind me that "backward compatibilty" includes the necessity to run new programs on old versions of Python, too? Then I can stop wasting everyone's time. Even though I am no fonder of code breakage than I was. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden Blog of Note: http://holdenweb.blogspot.com See you at PyCon? http://us.pycon.org/TX2007 _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com