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

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


Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow at gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow at gmail.com> 2012-12-21 21:24:30 PST ---
I'm not sure whether the standard library should be adding the \\?\ prefix
internally. If we are to change dirEntries, then we should also change all I/O
routines that deal with paths. And even then, the resulting paths may not be
usable by other components (used directly in the user's program), such as OS or
C functions, and external programs.

To work around this problem, the user could also use a function such as the one
here [1], and pass path strings through it at the point where they enter the
program's I/O logic layer.

  [1]: https://github.com/CyberShadow/RABCDAsm/blob/master/common.d#L25

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