[z-machine] Extensions (was re: Quetzal files)

[Ricardo SIGNES]

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* Thomas Thurman <thomas@thurman.org.uk> [2003-07-18T20:44:34]
> Tangentially related: is there any reason now for showing the distinction
> between [z3|z5|z8|...] files in the filename, when most people won't care,
> and if you do it's trivial to make the distinction? Was there ever?
>=20
> Maybe we could do a blanket extension change:
>   .z3 }
>   .z5 } -> .z-g
>   .z8 }
>=20
>   .sav  -> .z-s

Hyphens in extensions looks obnoxious to me.=20

Anyway, I think .z? is a really well-established tradition, so the
question should be, "Is there a reason to change it?"

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rjbs

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