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#58472
[PATCH] Make `message-unique-id' less prone to collisions
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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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> 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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