Re^4: true from (-e "") on Windoze (" is an illegal filename character

But, it would be 'correcting' for a bug ... in the CRT

Yeah ... and I guess that if it were to be 'corrected' in perl (as I was recommending), there's always the chance that someone will object because we're no longer following Windows CRT behaviour.

Maybe perl should warn about this whenever

$file =~ /^"/ && $file !~ /[^"]/ && $^O =~ /MSWin32/i
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(which, I think, are the pertinent conditions) but I don't think I'll take that up with the powers that be.

Cheers,
Rob

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Re^5: true from (-e "") on Windoze (" is an illegal filename character by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jul 03, 2012 at 18:40 UTC
Maybe perl should warn about this The more I think about it, the less I like the idea of a warning for what is just platform specific behaviour. There's that "non-portable" warning about integers > 2**32 that pops up on 64-bit platforms; it just bugs me. I think the simplest solution is the best here: just add a note about it to the stat docs. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. The start of some sanity?	[reply]

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Re^5: true from (-e "") on Windoze (" is an illegal filename character
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jul 03, 2012 at 18:40 UTC

Maybe perl should warn about this

The more I think about it, the less I like the idea of a warning for what is just platform specific behaviour.

There's that "non-portable" warning about integers > 2**32 that pops up on 64-bit platforms; it just bugs me.

I think the simplest solution is the best here: just add a note about it to the stat docs.

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

The start of some sanity?

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