Hubert Chan wrote: > That effectively kills all filenames that contain @,
> much worse than > just a "metas" conflict IMHO. I strongly agree: - A restricted character in all names is far more likely to impact users than a single restricted name. - Different "types" of directories, and extra rules for dereferencing their contents, are extra concepts for users to understand... this seems to run counter to what I see as the overarching philosophy of ReiserFS: unifying file system semantics. I think that the meta directory needs to be thought of not as a special directory, but as a normal directory that has a name that is interpreted in a special way by the system. Markus Törnqvist wrote: > I'm not sure either what Hans Reiser meant by a > macro, does that mean > a settable variable? It's a decent compromise, I > think. As someone > else stated, let's just hope for an inoffensive > default. I agree. This name will be used quite frequently in the shell, and ReiserFS will be judged based on this name (eg. if it is too long, if it is ugly, etc.). Case in point: Lisp, which is a phenomenal language that people avoid because it has too many brackets. Same with Perl, that gets complaints because of its heavy use of funny characters. Aesthetics matter. No one in this thread has commented on "+" as the default meta directory name (one of the final contenders in our previous thread on the subject). Again, the reasons: - Short (one character) - Makes sense in all languages (meaning "additional information") - Available on all int'l keyboards Also, a question: are all meta files necessarily pseudo files? Should users be able to put regular files in there to be interpreted as pseudo files? This will help to clarify some things for me. Cheers, N. Electron P.S. I, too, want to reiterate that everyone has done a great job on this file system and it is a remarkable feat of design and computer engineering, and I'm very thankful for your efforts. I only offer my comments because I care! ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
