RE: File system namespace resolution proposal

[Jason Zions <yyyyyyyy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>You must have missed the point.  There can be no implementations on
>conforming POSIX implementations (or UNIX-branded implementations); any
>implementation that tried this currently would not conform to POSIX
>requirements.  The C Standard reserves several classes of identifiers
>for implementation use; this is an attempt to reserve one class of
>names in the file system for implementation use.

That won't fly, Don. Any conforming implementation can provide the feature
as long as a mechanism is provided for disabling the feature; that allows
customers who want strict conformance to get their desired environment.

Is there some reason this commonly-used solution doesn't apply here?