Why you would design a case-sensitive file system #WeirdThingsICantUnderstand
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Replying to @SwiftOnSecurity
@SwiftOnSecurity Because case-insensitivity is hard and extremely error-prone, and some of the errors lead to vulns.1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes -
Replying to @RichFelker
@SwiftOnSecurity Case-insensitivity is also locale-dependent, which rather sucks when you have data from multiple locales.1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes -
Replying to @stribika
@stribika@SwiftOnSecurity No, it should be ctrl chars (including newline). But see how nobody can agree what to ban? So nothing happens...1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @stribika
@stribika@SwiftOnSecurity Somebody will speak up that they need tabs in filenames...2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @stribika
@stribika@SwiftOnSecurity Yeah, but I'm happy to concede that my makefiles might blow up if you give them paths with spaces.1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
@stribika @SwiftOnSecurity For better or worse, spaces in filenames are pretty strongly established for media files (songs, movies, etc.).
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