Re: Data::ShortNameProvider proposal

That's a nice example of another 'style' that could be provided as a plugin.

Tim.

On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 09:16:50PM -0500, David Nicol wrote:
>    "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 <[1][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.