>> I mean things like ".." and "\" (root directory) of DOS. > Yes!!
Ok, so at least one likes my idea :-)
Two, I hope?
Three now, I like the idea of having '..' etc too!
Then one day should we ever have CD writing it'll be in place and ready!>> Shouldn't we just decide on a "suggested value" now instead of >> making
>> it dynamic (things like configuration options can't be dynamic
>> anyway)? Windows has a max path length of 260 characters for >> example
>> (UNC names can actually be longer, but hardly anybody uses them >> for
>> local files).
> As long as it is a "reasonable" limit.
Sure. What's reasonable for you?
How about using the same as the enhanced ISO9660 standard (Joliet)? That
might be one complication less.
-- Dilwyn Jones
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