On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 05:36:33PM -0700, Geoffrey Keating wrote:
I don't see how making it a string makes this different. Either your
new string will be a standard string or it won't. Either your new
number will be a standard number or it won't. If you want it to be
standard, you have to go through the committee.
In practice, using string identifiers does make conflicts less likely.
It's also easier for a vendor to pick a unique prefix and be confident
that Apple isn't going to assign some other meaning to
"csl-inline-bart".