Re: encapsulating directory operations

On 21/05/2025 11:44, Paul Edwards wrote:
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 The language standard would need to say something along
the lines of "if any filenames contain a NL character, the
results are implementation-defined".
 Any issue with that?

Were this an ISO standard, making something implementation-defined would be a big deal, because it means: "unspecified behavior where each implementation documents how the choice is made." (See 3.4.1(1).)
That is, it imposes a specific documentation requirement on each and every conforming implementation.
Is that your intent? Because if it isn't, your language standard would need to think carefully about what /it/ means by "implementation-defined".
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