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in thread Darwin and File::HomeDir

Because changes to File::HomeDir would cause those limitations.

Does not follow.

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Re^15: Darwin and File::HomeDir
by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 23, 2011 at 01:31 UTC
    The poster to which I replied implied that File::HomeDir shouldn't return paths with spaces (since he said not changing it would be backwards).
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      The poster to which I replied implied that File::HomeDir shouldn't return paths with spaces (since he said not changing it would be backwards).

      Um, no. Let me quote my post for you

      You could suggest a documentation update to File::HomeDir that highlights the fact that it's common for path with spaces to be returned.

      Seems backwards to me. cpan has for a long time been broken with regards to spaces in paths, and it is a known issue. I doubt a patch to File::HomeDir documentation is going to have an impact.

      Hmm, after thinking about it, such a warning actually sounds quite stupid , along the lines of warning: an integer can be a negative number :/

      Where did i say not changing the documentation would be backwards?
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        Who said you did? I said you said not changing File::HomeDir was backwards.
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