From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
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Subject: Re: [9fans] namepad
From: David Presotto <presotto@closedmind.org>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
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Date: Mon,  3 Feb 2003 13:53:58 -0500
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>What was the original intention of the namepad
>field in the Cw struct?
>
>/sys/src/fs/dev/cw.c:1342 is the only line that
>references it with the comment, `force room.'

Looks to me a way ken assures that he can always
append a /<name> on the end of the name field
without thinking too hard about it.