On 07/02/2010 07:37 PM, William Blunn wrote: > They might decide to create folders thus: > > "postfix-Mails" > "exim-Mails" > "dbox-Mails" > > Oops. We just collided with the Special value. >
In this case, I'll have to agree with Steve Jobs[0] and say: "Change your folders [sic] name. Not that big of a deal." [0] http://thenextweb.com/2009/11/19/steve-jobs-small-developer-change-apps/ Since in a mailbox you will be inevitably storing mails, the -Mail part is unnecessary anyway. > Compare and contrast an alternative possibility "zgo0kq2njs". This is > the uncommon character 'z' followed by nine random alphanumeric > characters, for a total of 10 characters, and as such should have equal > storage complexity to the original 10 ASCII character proposal > "dbox-Mails". But it does not make any word or phrase in any language I > know of. > > This should make a better Special value because it should be less likely > to collide with any normal value. > The same argument that you use to say that dbox-Mails should be allowed can be used to justify the need for a folder called "zgo0kq2njs". One just has to be more creative. :-) And even if it's easy to type with command-completion, I doubt anyone would have a clue to the purpose of a folder named like this, unlike a folder with a descriptive name. -- Nondeterminism means never having to say you are wrong. Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.br