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[Fredrik Ullner <ullner@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Title:
  Filenames as opaque strings

Status in DC++:
  Confirmed
Status in Linux DC++:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  DC++ currently have many problems with filenames. Problems include
  case-sensitivity (bug #311818) and trying to store filenames as text
  strings (bug #300728).

  I propose that all filenames should be treated as binary data. The
  File class, etc, should use an 8bit opaque std::string. These opaque
  strings should not be modified anywhere. When a filename needs to be
  shown to the user, these opaque strings should be decoded into
  displayable strings. These displayable strings are only used as output
  to the GUI, and are not allowed to be interpreted back as filenames
  again.

  Using opaque filenames, many of the more spurious errors could be
  remedied, including the previously mentioned. Case-sensitivity could
  be implemented on the search index only.

  This has been considered for a long time now (on #linuxdc++), this is
  a document to have something to agree upon.

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