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From: | Stefan Monnier |
Subject: | Re: Null filename ("") is considered to correspond to an existing, readable, and writable file? |
Date: | Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:50:46 -0500 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> I already said that I assumed this was "by design". I asked what the design > _advantage_ is. No answer, so far. If you could give us some background as to why you care so much about the way Emacs handles a file named "", maybe you'd be taken more seriously. A file name "" is extrememly rare, so how we behave when facing such a situation should be driven by the two following goals: 1 - avoid risks (e.g. try not to introduce security holes). 2 - try not to spend too much code&time on it. I.e. the behavior should mostly be determined by the way the code makes it work, as long as it makes sense and is not dangerous. Stefan
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