GNU bug report logs - #58472
[PATCH] Make `message-unique-id' less prone to collisions

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2022 16:09:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: matt <at> rfc20.org, stefankangas <at> gmail.com, 58472 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#58472: [PATCH] Make `message-unique-id' less prone to collisions
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 17:05:28 +0300
> Cc: 58472 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 18:38:48 -0700
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> 
> > I like it.
> 
> Eli doesn't, so I'll drop the idea for now. I didn't realize we were 
> close to releasing 29.1, and I agree with Eli that adding a make-nonce 
> primitive is not something to do close to a release.

I actually don't mind adding a new primitive, and Lars says it could
be useful.  A new primitive cannot do any harm; all I'm asking is not
to start using it right away in places where we have solid code that
worked for years.  And the particular feature for which make-nonce was
intended in this case definitely doesn't need it.

However, I would like to have at least a short discussion of the
potential needs for make-nonce, and to have it in a separate thread,
so that we could be all on the same page about its need, use, and
semantics.




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