On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 3:32 AM, Tim Chase <python.l...@tim.thechases.com> wrote: > On 2016-08-23 02:20, Chris Angelico wrote: >> It generally will (or rather, only if the file has one of a >> particular set of extensions). Automatic thumbnailing is usually >> done only for certain file names. I don't know of anything that >> opens every single file to see if it has a JFIF signature (etc for >> PNG and whatever other types). > > How about a web server that opens arbitrary files. Compare any of > > https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/nonexistent.aspx > https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/doesnotexist.aspx > https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/asdf.aspx > > vs > > https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/con.aspx > https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/lpt1.aspx > https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/com1.aspx > https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/nul.aspx > > This is FREAKING MICROSOFT and it breaks things. It's not like > anybody would open arbitrarily-named files...
Oh, brilliant. Brilliant brilliant brilliant. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
