Re: making GNU ls -i (--inode) work around the linux readdir bug

[Phillip Susi]

Jim Meyering wrote:
> Here are two reasons:
>
>   - lack of convincing arguments: any program that runs
>     "ls -i non-directory ..." is not affected at all.

Of course it is effected -- it takes much longer to run.

>   - lack of evidence that users would be adversely affected:
>     the only program alleged to be impacted is one that (so far) I've
>     found no reference to, so I suspect very few people use it.

Every single time that ls -i is run, by anyone, or anything, anywhere, 
EVER, it will be slower with this change.  That's adversely effecting 
every user, which is a lot more than one.