Re^8: Darwin and File::HomeDir

[Anonymous Monk]

If you believe that, then what was all that stuff about imposing limits on users? You're switching your argument midstream, just to keep the thread going.

[ikegami]

I never thought there was a bug in File::HomeDir, and I never said I did. I said the only thing that can be done is to add a warning to File::HomeDir's documentation, and that anything else would have detrimental effects or would be near impossible.

[Anonymous Monk]

I never thought there was a bug in File::HomeDir, and I never said I did. I said the only thing that can be done is to add a warning to File::HomeDir's documentation, and that anything else would have detrimental effects or would be near impossible.

I don't understand your confusion, so I can't answer your question.

You said

Trying to impose limits on the user to kowtow to broken some modules sounds backwards to me.

Trying to convince OS vendors to change their practices to address bugs in modules sounds backwards to me.

If you weren't talking about File::HomeDir, then what were you talking about?

[ikegami]

The whole thread talks about File::HomeDir.

That particular bit shows that anything other than adding the warning would have detrimental effects or would be near impossible.