On 2005-06-29 reinoud@NetBSD.org wrote:

> To properly use subfiles (streamdirs) IMHO :
>
> 1) rather use a dedicated opensf()/openat(,X_ATTR) ... than name mangling.

  Another reason not to use the file namespace is that some applications
are designed to filter the file namespace (think web server).  Adding
extended names of any sort breaks a fundamental assumption about the
namespace, which can have serious and non-obvious consequences.  It is
better to force the application to be modified to access the data at all,
which is usally needed or desireable anyway.

Matthew Orgass
darkstar@city-net.com