Filename>>chop:to: changes file name

I was testing to see how illegal filenames were handled and found

that #chop:to: removes illegal characters when forming a file name.

This is a bad idea. It has the potential to inadvertently change the wrong

file and nobody would have any idea how it happened.

It should raise an exception.

On windows;

‘>test.txt’ asFilename asString

will produce   ‘test.txt’

no exception is raised.

Additionally, on windows 7, using a * or ? in a file name will produce

an exception when the system attempts to create a file.

| strm |

strm := ‘?test.txt’ asFilename writeStream.

strm nextPutAll: ‘stuff’;cr.

strm close.

If you change the ? to a > then the file test.txt will be created.

Terry

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