Re: C file recoginzed as image file

[Stefan Monnier]

> The point is that contents detection is not infallible, but it is much
> more reliable (if done correctly) than extension matching. I don't see
> why we should treat the latter as more significant (or even equally
> significant) that the former.

Content detection sometimes works well, but sometimes not.  OTOH name-based
detection overall works more reliably because that's what Unix has used for
many years.
I think that giving precedence to one over the other is an error.


        Stefan