RE: File system namespace resolution proposal

[Bruce Korb <yyyyy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Good idea; it's "portable" and hides the implementation-defined
> aspect of it very well.  I'd had another idea (read into the record
> below) but if after due deliberation this idea stands up, I'm inclined
> to go with it.

Oh, ick.

> My idea... for the record: reserve the prefix ".#".  The dot puts it
> into the "don't ls, usually" space, and the # is not in the PFNCS,
> and is relatively unlikely to be used because it's a comment 
> character,

Which is why emacs chose it already.
Don't do it.