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solderpunk solderpunk at SDF.ORG
Thu Jun 11 21:34:55 BST 2020
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On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 04:18:37PM -0400, Michael Lazar wrote:
I have a slight preference towards not sticking the colons between bytes:
- It's easier to generate from bytes without needing to insert the colons
- It's easier to convert back to bytes without needing to remove the colons
- It would have a marginally smaller footprint
- It would look more like a UUID when displayed or inserted into a URL path
Actually, the marginally smaller footprint is a really good point whichlargely invalidates my arguments about making them easy to stick inemails. Without colons, a 256 bit hash formatted as hex is 64characters long, which will fit in a single line. With colons, they'dbe 96 characters which typically won't. So, let's not do them.
Upper or lower case?
Cheers,Solderpunk?