Re: issue #1954

kfogel@collab.net wrote:
> Valid Subversion paths are UTF8 strings, but with no control chars
> allowed except for TAB.

This is now sounding like a very good proposal.

Let me just stick my neck out and ask, quoting C-Mike Pilato, "GACK!
Exceptions! Why in Heaven's name must there always be exceptions?!" Not this
this necessarily deserves such a strong reaction, but it's always worth asking
ourselves this question.

Is there any known substantial reason for allowing TAB? I know it's easy
enough to allow it, and some people might have file names with TAB in them ...
but I'd like a stronger reason such as evidence that people actually do have
such file names (and not just in those weird cases where they also have other
control characters). Another strong reason could be compatibility with some
existing filename standard.

If there is no strong reason, then I would suggest not allowing TAB. As I keep
saying recently, it's very easy to relax a requirement in future if the need
arises, whereas it is hard to tighten it.

- Julian

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Received on Thu Dec 2 00:43:37 2004