Bug #36294 for Number-RecordLocator: Better algorithm documentation

Fri May 30 03:44:19 2008 MichaelRWolf [...] att.net - Ticket created

Subject:

Better algorithm documentation

It's not clear why you use a 32 character alphabet, and why you choose to map the characters that you did. What's so special about them that they need to be special-cased? What criteria was used to define "easy to read and pronounce"?

Fri May 30 11:01:59 2008 jesse [...] fsck.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #36294] Better algorithm documentation
Date:	Fri, 30 May 2008 11:01:39 -0400
To:	bug-Number-RecordLocator [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Jesse Vincent <jesse [...] fsck.com>

On May 30, 2008, at 3:44 AM, Michael R. Wolf via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> > Fri May 30 03:44:19 2008: Request 36294 was acted upon. > Transaction: Ticket created by MichaelRWolf@att.net > Queue: Number-RecordLocator > Subject: Better algorithm documentation > Broken in: (no value) > Severity: Wishlist > Owner: Nobody > Requestors: MichaelRWolf@att.net > Status: new > Ticket <URL: http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=36294 > > > > It's not clear why you use a 32 character alphabet,

Base 32 is convenient to work in. Show quoted text

> and why you choose > to map the characters that you did. What's so special about them that > they need to be special-cased? What criteria was used to define "easy > to read and pronounce"?

Ad-hoc user testing and experience with other similar system.

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Fri May 30 11:02:03 2008 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

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