Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 14:30:22 -0600, Larry Bates wrote: > >> How about not naming files with leading and trailing spaces on >> the Mac? Seems like a bad habit that needs breaking ;-). > > Why is it a bad habit? Because *Windows* is primitive enough that it can't > cope with leading and trailing spaces? I don't see why Windows' lack is > Mac users' problem. > > It is a problem because the poster says it is a problem for him. If they want to leave the files on a Mac, there is no problem.
IMHO leading and/or trailing spaces in filenames is asking for incompatibilities with cross-platform file access. Much like using single-quote in filenames which are perfectly legal in DOS/Windows, but Linux doesn't like much. -Larry Bates -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
