[ I trimmed off current. ]
:- > Suppose I *want* a filename called "-"? My tough luck, huh?
:- Could you settle for "./-"?
I wouldn't want to. Consider: I have a program that takes user
input (from an option or a file or whatever) and uses that to
compose an output file name. With the above I have to either
test for "magic" filenames, or I have to correctly re-write
filenames to prepend "./" when appropriate (and *only* when
appropriate). Sure, it can be done, but it isn't trivial work
and it has to be done to every program or you have a unexpected
lurking bug.
IMO, "magic" filenames are bad design. Orthogonality should always
win out.
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