Re: UTF-8 practically vs. theoretically in the VFS API (was: Re: JFS default behavior)

Robin Rosenberg
2004-02-17T20:41:51Z

On Tuesday 17 February 2004 17.32, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Marc Lehmann wrote:
> >
> > Because there is a fundamental difference between file contents and
> > filenames. Filenames are supposed to be text.
>
> I think this is actually the fundamental point where we disagree.
>
> You think of filenames as something the user types in, and that is
> "readable text". And I don't.
>
> I think the filenames are just ways for a _program_ to look up stuff, and
> the human readability is a secondary thing (it's "polite", but not a
> fundamental part of their meaning).

So why don't we use an int as "filename" and why are users to "type" in
filenames? How foolish...

-- robin