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From: mlwiese@mit.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Why aren't 7.0 aliases real?
Message-ID: <1991Apr7.221543.3719@athena.mit.edu>
Date: 7 Apr 91 22:15:43 GMT
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Note: Flame ahead

I was disappointed to discover that aliases in 7.0 are only an illusion
presented by the Finder and StdFile. This means that NO application is 7.0
compatible without a rewrite to support aliases, IMO. Yeah, aliases are a new
feature, but I expected them to work everywhere and so will a lot of other
users.

Will someone please tell me why the OS can't intercept a file system call
dealing with an alias and automatically resolve the alias? Sure, some disk
editing apps might break, but better a few of them than ALL apps.

Mike