From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Add support for base64url variant Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 02:50:39 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87pnobiglo.fsf@killashandra.ballybran.fr> <83r28p57jp.fsf@gnu.org> <87zhnd55eq.fsf@killashandra.ballybran.fr> <83mujd54qv.fsf@gnu.org> <87lfyr4p49.fsf@killashandra.ballybran.fr> <834l50pk1p.fsf@gnu.org> <874l4wt1dn.fsf@killashandra.ballybran.fr> <83sgsg7yln.fsf@gnu.org> <87blz4nelr.fsf@Rainer.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="109972"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 12 09:03:35 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1haxIE-000SUH-2t for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Jun 2019 09:03:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57110 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1haxID-00061o-45 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Jun 2019 03:03:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41164) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1haxHb-0005qn-P1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Jun 2019 03:02:57 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hax5o-0000Vf-TV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Jun 2019 02:50:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:21238) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hax5o-0000V9-Mx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Jun 2019 02:50:44 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id AAEAD4436C2 for ; Wed, 12 Jun 2019 02:50:42 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 74F834436AD for ; Wed, 12 Jun 2019 02:50:41 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1560322241; bh=x/3Y62b49X64xs4SqC5qtR40G7Bc39qpPpN6Xj5Otn8=; h=From:To:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=CiSveqk+KcU6jmSH39AiccHYHu5/y3sxxUo4eDjAJYaWFqC6DOah/8bBxTl0sPgr/ nHXuVvmhWsjDCALZhTiMM/npVv2oWwScn+6O+mdUdhOcEBDhgXNeXbKqAAEJ1RGHzY 8EOiTne4RZmpWNoPM0Ls01yHqPH86++PTqpGhH/TlQ0k0oVnkL0P2Thfmu51bHRk6T rH0dLtLpfQobBIsENrclv+lHZlnJwSV2EBiDm1ZLIObXYtQDCYdTm9ryCVTyaKYeX1 1A1eM2KmCOx9XSZR6+2uFyXjAHFWxCCDZuBTA1R9MP871K8cN1KUkdsljE+n9bWT5y jTMz9fRuBZxkA== Original-Received: from alfajor (cm-84.215.66.78.getinternet.no [84.215.66.78]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0FC08120314 for ; Wed, 12 Jun 2019 02:50:40 -0400 (EDT) Cancel-Lock: sha1:vqWzXlnflHioeqa98RESIHW7Baw= In-Reply-To: <87blz4nelr.fsf@Rainer.invalid> (Achim Gratz's message of "Tue, 11 Jun 2019 20:47:44 +0200") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 132.204.25.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:237448 Archived-At: >>> Would it be any interest if I try to add others bases encoding as >>> defined in RFC 4648 ? I think, first, to BASE32 and maybe on BASE16 >>> later. >> I have never needed those. Let's hear what others have to say. Same here. > Base32url is useful for use on case-insensitive filesystems or > with case-insensitive protocols. That's what it's designed for, yes, but I can't think of any example where that's useful. E.g. for case-insensitive filenames, using a hash instead of a base32 encoding was a better option in all the cases I've encountered because I only needed "one-way" and it conveniently bounds the max file name length. Stefan