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On Mon, 5 Nov 2012 17:39:35 +1100, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general:

> 
> It's nothing to do with operating system. File names are names, and
> spaces in them are seldom worth the hassle unless you manipulate those
> files solely using a GUI.
>
	At least spaces are visible.

	CP/V would accept non-printable characters in file names... Things
like BEL were valid -- but figure out where in the name the BEL
character was when listing the directory contents <G>

	{Dropping into the BASIC interpreter did make it easier -- if the
name had non-printable characters, it would display the entire name in
EBCDIC}
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