Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 21 Feb 2004 14:54:39 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: UTF-8 practically vs. theoretically in the VFS API (was: Re: JFS default behavior) |
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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@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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