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Re: [PATCH]: random global function name
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 04:24:09PM -0700, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> A base64 encoded MD5 sum is only 22 characters; that might be a good
> choice (it would of course be necessary to replace / with _ in the
> character set)
That's not really any better, IMO. Just because a collision
is less likely doesn't mean it can't happen.
What was wrong with the perfectly valid code that we had?
r~