Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: > > Wouldn't it make more sense to have a registry of vendor-specific constants on > > the wiki page? > > That doesn't seem necessary. It also implies that vendors (including > the many small browser and non-browser impls) need to coordinate on > their number groups, while choosing an arbitrary 5-hexit prefix gives > you a very reasonable chance of avoiding collisions. (Assuming you > choose the prefix randomly, we should be able to support several > million impls before collisions become likely.) Huh? The wiki page is just what you describe, a simple form of coordination. Choosing an arbitrary 5-hexit prefix is cute but a recipe for lots of typos in people's code. Keep it simple, don't make me think, yadda yadda. Cheers, JohnReceived on Wednesday, 12 October 2011 01:26:53 UTC
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