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    SubjectRe: UTF-8 practically vs. theoretically in the VFS API (was: Re: JFS default behavior)
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    On Tuesday 17 February 2004 17.32, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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    > On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Marc Lehmann wrote:
    > >
    > > Because there is a fundamental difference between file contents and
    > > filenames. Filenames are supposed to be text.
    >
    > I think this is actually the fundamental point where we disagree.
    >
    > You think of filenames as something the user types in, and that is
    > "readable text". And I don't.
    >
    > I think the filenames are just ways for a _program_ to look up stuff, and
    > the human readability is a secondary thing (it's "polite", but not a
    > fundamental part of their meaning).

    So why don't we use an int as "filename" and why are users to "type" in
    filenames? How foolish...

    -- robin
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