On 13 Nov 2013 at 19:31, Ben Craig wrote:
I think this is being unrealistic. If we take this approach, then you should request every Win32 program that uses fopen, iostreams, or CreateFile without the magic marker to change their program to use a non-portable API. This includes programs like cmd.exe, explorer, bjam, 7zip, and countless others.
Mmm, you make a good point. Microsoft ought to flip the default instead of everybody else making the change.
I wish that "normal" Windows APIs permitted a higher maximum path length, but they don't. Reasonable Windows support means acknowledging this limitation.
I've bumped the notion of raising that limit to our friends in Microsoft. Who knows, it may be possible for Windows 8.2! Niall -- Currently unemployed and looking for work. Work Portfolio: http://careers.stackoverflow.com/nialldouglas/