Almost two years ago, I wrote a post expressing my frustration with the way that .NET handles long filenames. Yesterday, the Base Class Library (BCL) team at Microsoft announced that they have launched a BCL CodePlex site to gather feedback on proposed enhancements and extensions to core .NET components.
One of the first four features on preview is a new Long Path wrapper class, which will hopefully make some of the awkward hacks we’ve used in the past obsolete. Hooray!
The code is available for download, and they have documentation and samples as well.
I plan on giving the new Long Path class a thorough test drive.
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