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		hoov on Oct 6, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Zip Bomb I'm not sure that I know what you mean. These functions aren't obscure and have been around for quite a while. For example: CreateFileW [1]. It's just good hygiene to use the Unicode variants and normalize to UNC where appropriate. This has been the case for years. [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa36...

TazeTSchnitzel on Oct 6, 2012 [–]

I mean that to maintain compatibility with legacy stuff I expect I won't be able to take advantage of it for quite a while.

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