On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 09:14:39PM +0000, Andrew Chow via bitcoin-dev wrote: > *** Optionally followed by a single <tt>/*</tt> or <tt>/*'</tt> final > step to denote all direct unhardened or hardened children. > > [...] > > In the above specification, the hardened indicator <tt>'</tt> may be > replaced with alternative hardnened indicators of <tt>h</tt> or <tt>H</tt>.
Is there any chance we can take this opportunity to make "h"/"H" the preferred aliases? Using "'" in bourne-style shells is very annoying[1], and I suspect it's also creating unnecessary complications elsewhere. Alternatives: - Completely kill "'" (I'd prefer this, but I realize it's complicated with descriptors already being used widely). If "h"/"H" are made the preferred aliases, maybe it'd be enough to make implementing "'" a SHOULD rather than a MUST; this would push implementations towards displaying descriptors using the h versions for maximum compatibility. - Calculate the checksum over s/(h|H)/'/ (again, I know that's complicated with descriptors already widely used) Thanks, -Dave [1] https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/15740#issuecomment-695815432
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