Re: Data::ShortNameProvider proposal

"Crockford Encoding" could be useful, and when your short names are
Crockford Encoded, they are easier to share by people.


On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 5:11 PM, Tim Bunce <[email protected]> wrote:

>     Create short names that encode a timestamp and a fixed prefix in a
>     format that's unlikely to match normal names.
>
>     A typical use-case would be the creation of database table names or
>     file names in situations where you need to minimize the risk of
>     clashing with existing items.
>
>     The generated names can be detected and parsed to extract the
>     timestamp.
>