phobo's std.file is completely broke!

[Vladimir Panteleev]

On Wednesday, 19 September 2018 at 06:11:22 UTC, Vladimir 
Panteleev wrote:
> One point of view is that the expected behavior is that the 
> functions succeed. Another point of view is that Phobos should 
> not allow programs to create files and directories with invalid 
> paths. Consider, e.g. that a user writes a program that creates 
> a large tree of deeply nested filesystem objects. When they are 
> done and wish to delete them, their file manager fails and 
> displays an error. The user's conclusion? D sucks because it 
> corrupts the filesystem and creates objects they can't operate 
> with.

You don't even need to use crazy third-party software.

Try this program:

	mkdir(`\\?\C:\ a \`);
	write(`\\?\C:\ a \a.txt`, "Hello");

Then, try doing the following:

- Double-click the created text file.

- Try deleting the directory from Explorer (by sending it to the 
recycle bin).

- Try permanently deleting it (Shift+Delete).

- Try renaming it.

All of these fail for me. Deleting the directory doesn't even 
show an error - nothing at all happens.

When the OS itself fails to properly deal with such files, I 
don't think D has any business in *facilitating* their creation 
by default.