19 Jun
2017
19 Jun
'17
7:40 p.m.
This came up at C++Now last month. My understanding, from talking to people who seem to know about this, is that such filenames are considered valid by Windows. To issue an error in such a case means not allowing users to access files that Windows sees as well-formed.
but who/what needs ill-formed filenames? For what reason? Frédéric