RE: [boost] Do we still care about file names > 31 characters?

From: Reid Sweatman (drunkardswalk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-26 14:53:53

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] 
> [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Beman Dawes
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 10:42 AM
> To: Boost mailing list
> Subject: [boost] Do we still care about file names > 31 characters?
> 
> 
> The original motivation for limiting file names to 31 
> characters or less 
> was the classic Mac O/S.
> 
> Does anyone care anymore? There are currently 30 files in CVS 
> with long 
> names. See below.
> 
> Unless someone objects strongly, I'm going to eliminate the 
> name length 
> requirement.
> 
> --Beman

<snipped>

Minor cavil:  when you burn to CD, that's still the max name length, and
some of us like to run Boost from a CD in expanded form, at least, for the
documentation aspect.  But maybe I'm completely in the minority.

Reid Sweatman