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Re:BlurHash: Algorithm to generate compact representation of... by DagAgren on Thursday February 20, 2020 @10:18AM (#22375624)
: was disallowed on classic MacOS. On modern macOS, it is allowed in the POSIX layer just fine. However, Finder and other parts of the UI will translate a : in the file name to a / on display, and vice versa.

This is because classic MacOS used : as a directory separator instead of /, and this behaviour is preserved in the UI, but obviously not in the underlying layers.

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Re:BlurHash: Algorithm to generate compact representation of... by Wowfunhappy on Thursday February 20, 2020 @12:08PM (#22376538)
Is it not present in the underlying layer anymore? Applescript displays paths with : separators unless you specifically tell it you want a “POSIX path”. (This is actually really annoying.)
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Re:BlurHash: Algorithm to generate compact representation of... by DagAgren on Thursday February 20, 2020 @12:12PM (#22376581)
No, the underlying layer is POSIXy, and uses /. The highest UI layers do the mapping between : and /, and apparently also AppleScript.
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