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| − | // Why base-58 instead of standard base-64 encoding? | + | // Why base-58 instead of standard base-64 encoding? |
| − | // - Don't want 0OIl characters that look the same in some fonts and | + | // - Don't want 0OIl characters that look the same in some fonts and |
| − | // could be used to create visually identical looking account numbers. | + | // could be used to create visually identical looking account numbers. |
| − | // - A string with non-alphanumeric characters is not as easily accepted as an account number. | + | // - A string with non-alphanumeric characters is not as easily accepted as an account number. |
| − | // - E-mail usually won't line-break if there's no punctuation to break at. | + | // - E-mail usually won't line-break if there's no punctuation to break at. |
| − | // - Doubleclicking selects the whole number as one word if it's all alphanumeric. | + | // - Doubleclicking selects the whole number as one word if it's all alphanumeric. |
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Revision as of 11:47, 8 May 2024
// Why base-58 instead of standard base-64 encoding? // - Don't want 0OIl characters that look the same in some fonts and // could be used to create visually identical looking account numbers. // - A string with non-alphanumeric characters is not as easily accepted as an account number. // - E-mail usually won't line-break if there's no punctuation to break at. // - Doubleclicking selects the whole number as one word if it's all alphanumeric.
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