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From:
Tony Cook
Date:
December 20, 2010 04:59
Subject:
Re: perldelta naming
Message ID:
20101220125947.GA1076@mars.tony.develop-help.com
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 03:56:41AM -0800, Jan Dubois wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Dec 2010, Nicholas Clark wrote:
> > However, I'm not sure what the "new" portability maxim should be. I'd guess
> >
> > * At most one .
> > * No more than 39 characters before the dot, and 39 after
> > * No distinctions solely on case
> > * No filenames starting with -
>
> Also don't use any of these names (regardless of case) before the dot:
>
> CON, PRN, AUX, NUL,
Ran into this trying to svn co a project developed on *nix to a
Windows box - the offender a module named after a Player Registration
Number.
Spent an hour trying to understand why the co was complaining.
Tony
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