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in thread Darwin and File::HomeDir

I never thought there was a bug in File::HomeDir, and I never said I did. I said the only thing that can be done is to add a warning to File::HomeDir's documentation, and that anything else would have detrimental effects or would be near impossible.

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Re^10: Darwin and File::HomeDir
by Anonymous Monk on May 22, 2011 at 05:14 UTC
    I never thought there was a bug in File::HomeDir, and I never said I did. I said the only thing that can be done is to add a warning to File::HomeDir's documentation, and that anything else would have detrimental effects or would be near impossible.

    I don't understand your confusion, so I can't answer your question.

    You said

    Trying to impose limits on the user to kowtow to broken some modules sounds backwards to me.

    Trying to convince OS vendors to change their practices to address bugs in modules sounds backwards to me.

    If you weren't talking about File::HomeDir, then what were you talking about?
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      The whole thread talks about File::HomeDir.

      That particular bit shows that anything other than adding the warning would have detrimental effects or would be near impossible.

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        The whole thread talks about File::HomeDir.

        Then why were you talking about spaces being a limit on 3rd party users, not users of File::HomeDir, if you know this thread is about File::HomeDir?

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