Filename length limit for Boost library
In the "Boost Library Requirements and Guidelines Page" in the "Directory Structure and Filenames" topic, it says: 'The maximum length of directory and file names is 31 characters.' and the rationale is: 'We had to draw the line somewhere, and so the limit imposed by a now obsolete Apple file system was chosen years ago. It still seems a reasonable limit to aid human comprehension.' I do not think that there are any real OSs that impose such a limit anymore and would like to see this limit lifted. I have already hit this limit many times, especially in naming test files for my sandbox libraries. I would rather create filenames which described well what a file is about rather than have a 31 character limit for a filename, which is not only highly arbitrary, but almost certainly obsolete in this day and age.
AMDG On 2/27/2011 3:42 PM, Edward Diener wrote:
In the "Boost Library Requirements and Guidelines Page" in the "Directory Structure and Filenames" topic, it says:
'The maximum length of directory and file names is 31 characters.'
and the rationale is:
'We had to draw the line somewhere, and so the limit imposed by a now obsolete Apple file system was chosen years ago. It still seems a reasonable limit to aid human comprehension.'
I do not think that there are any real OSs that impose such a limit anymore and would like to see this limit lifted.
I have already hit this limit many times, especially in naming test files for my sandbox libraries. I would rather create filenames which described well what a file is about rather than have a 31 character limit for a filename, which is not only highly arbitrary, but almost certainly obsolete in this day and age.
The inspect tool no longer checks for this. It was changed in r41333. In Christ, Steven Watanabe
On 2/27/2011 7:36 PM, Steven Watanabe wrote:
AMDG
On 2/27/2011 3:42 PM, Edward Diener wrote:
In the "Boost Library Requirements and Guidelines Page" in the "Directory Structure and Filenames" topic, it says:
'The maximum length of directory and file names is 31 characters.'
and the rationale is:
'We had to draw the line somewhere, and so the limit imposed by a now obsolete Apple file system was chosen years ago. It still seems a reasonable limit to aid human comprehension.'
I do not think that there are any real OSs that impose such a limit anymore and would like to see this limit lifted.
I have already hit this limit many times, especially in naming test files for my sandbox libraries. I would rather create filenames which described well what a file is about rather than have a 31 character limit for a filename, which is not only highly arbitrary, but almost certainly obsolete in this day and age.
The inspect tool no longer checks for this. It was changed in r41333.
Should it not then be removed from the web page ?
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