On Thursday 24 February 2005 1:58 pm, Michael Rueger wrote:
> But what if you want ascii transfer? This change set forces binary mode
> in all kinds of places (e.g. getFileNamed:) that are not necessarily
> meant to be binary IMO.

Is character translation properly the job of a file transfer protocol?

My feeling is that it isn't; that it is a service that should be provided by a 
higher layer. If a particular *use* of a transferred file requires 
translating line endings, then that use is welcome to provide that service.

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