Re: Keyless BibTeX entries no longer being parsed

> Yes, the BibTeX files exported by a number of systems lack citation keys.

Would you mind giving me the names of the ones you know? I'll put that
in the Wiki, as a reminder.
It might also help me decide what the default behavior should be. As I
don't rely on the bibtex keys in the rest of the code, my options are
still open.

> > The idea with the parsers in 1.3 is that
> > they should do what's correct by default
>
> No problem. However keyless entries were parsed by the baseline 1.3.3
> version. Is it a symptom of some problem that they aren't now, or was
> that a deliberate decision?

I'd say it's just that it was not explicitely specified, and hence no
test broke when the code changed :) Inconsciously, I probably assumed
that it was safe to count these ids to exist.

> Thanks for the pointer. I can assign my own invented key for such cases.

You can also ignore it in that case (though the Writer might consider
it a mistake too, I haven't checked yet)

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