Re: UTF-8 practically vs. theoretically in the VFS API (was: Re: JFS default behavior)

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!


> Which flies in the face of "Be strict in what you generate, be liberal in 
> what you accept". A lot of the functions are _not_ willing to be liberal 
> in what they accept. Which sometimes just makes the problem worse, for no 
> good reason.

Be liberal in what you accept used to be good rule... until security
became important. While it is still nice from ease-of-use viewpoint,
its bad when you want it secure.
								Pavel
-- 
When do you have a heart between your knees?
[Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?]
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/