Hans Reiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeff Mahoney wrote: > > Hans Reiser wrote: > > >Jeff Mahoney wrote: > > >>1) Because then the behavior of /proc/fs/reiserfs/ would be > > >>inconsistent. Devices that contain slashes end up being one level deeper > > >>than other devices, which is silly and a userspace visible change. > > > > >And you think translating / to ! is less work for user space? > > > > > > A one line s#/#!# to access devices they couldn't before versus now > > having to deal with going deeper into a tree for no real reason? Yes, > > I do.
> I am willing to bet that perl can tree iterate with one line of code.... ;-) > Please read the Hideous Name by Rob Pike. Interesting read. > You are making it more hideous. By insisting that something that is /not/ a directory /is/ written as such? Sorry, they are asking for exactly the opposite. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513
