Re: [boost] Re: 31 character limit for filenames

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-08-16 14:22:46

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:05:31 -0400, Miro Jurisic wrote
> In article <18C67872-EF8D-11D8-A21E-000A95B0EC64_at_[hidden]>,
>  Doug Gregor <dgregor_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
> > Okay, it's time to ask again: do we still need to enforce the 
> > 31-character limit on filenames? AFAIK, we have this for MacOS 9, only. 
> > Is that platform still significant for Boost users?
> 
> I would not complain if that limit were abandoned, but I would make 
> sure that the oldest supported version of CW handles #includes of 
> long filenames before proceeding.

As I recall this is also the longest filename allowed on iso formatted cd-rom
-- so if you want a non-zipped version of boost on cd it might be problem with
longer filenames.

Jeff