> > We are trying out extending the maximum length of parent rom sets from 8 to 16
> > characters. Same applies to software-list parent items.
> >
> > However, so far it looks good, and will most likely become part of 0.178 .
> >
>
> Nice. I always wondered why MAME stuck with MSDOS compatible filenames, especially
> since MAME hasn't supported MSDOS since 0.105. Is there a reason to limit it to 16
> rather than 256 (or whatever the limit is for modern operating systems)? What about
> spaces and case sensitivity?
>
> > This doesn't mean a rash of renames, more likely one or two future sets may have
> > longer names than usual.
> >
>
> Too bad. It would be nice to have (for example) Lock_n_Chase.zip instead of lnc.zip.
> What about aliases so people can use either the old rom names or new descriptive
> ones?
the shortnames exist to be typed quickly, think of them as more like 'keyboard shortcuts'. "lock_n_chase" is a lot more to type than "lnc"
the idea is that they're short and memorable, so they make sets easy to refer to in conversation too.
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