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Am I safe in assuming you're a programmer or was one in the past?
Not safe.
I dabble and poke around but am not a programmer. I did write Basic apps when I had 3K + 1MHz, and will write things for my own needs but I'm not a pro. grammer
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How about instead of us giving you reasons why it wouldn't cause problems, why don't you give us any potential problems that you think it could cause.
I would try but I'm not likely to want spaces enough to think of the risks right now. Although it might be fun meeting at high noon with Colts loaded until only one of us is left standing...
I'll say this_these: The login name isn't
exactly the same as all the other content that is display only. Almost but not quite. In fact it is the most critical piece of data until one gets past the login. I'm sure that (or can I say
'safe to say') that this hack takes care of that. I haven't even looked at the hack but that must be primarily what it deals with.
So by not being a pro coder and thus unqualified to speak from places other than my arse, I'm not ready to dismiss the risks just because it seems logical.
Or if my instincts are technicaly unfounded (yet to be proven) I'll change strategy and say this: I don't like the idea for
some of the same reasons why I don't like My Documents, remote avatars, My Computer, vanity plates, mile long URLs, %20, reality shows, and war. If that didn't make much sense, that is the point....
The X is only concerned with the
uid but the user is only concerned with the
uname. That's the problem. Sooner or later a user will want to find data based on another user that
isn't already displayed (as in display only). Big Site [tm.] has 500 Brad Lxxxx's, 300 Brad Mxxxx's, 10 B rad Lxxxx's, 1 B r A d L M n 's, and 1 DonXoop. I smell trouble.
BTW, do the big freebie email sites (for example) allow spaces in the login name? If not, why not? If they do, well, never mind.....
Now, that was kinda fun. It is really late and I'm oxygen starved right now so ignore me if you wish. [disclaimer]the previous content was for entertainment purposes only[/disclaimer] or was it?
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