[Issue 8967] dirEntries throws when encountering a "long path" on windows

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https://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=8967



--- Comment #9 from Walter Bright <bugzilla at digitalmars.com> 2014-03-18 12:46:04 PDT ---
I don't agree with the "does not apply" comments. The \\?\ has different
semantics, and having those semantics suddenly shift when the path gets long
will be a surprising change to a user.

My take is that if the user wants \\?\, they should prepend it themselves as a
deliberate action, rather than hiding it in a conventional API. After all, the
Windows functions themselves don't automatically add it, either. If it was
straightforward they would have done it.

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