>>> Let's assume you have users who are allowed to assign nick names to >>> theirselves and still all thoses nick names must be different. This is >>> want I call a random ID. >>> >> If a user assigns it, it is not random, by any definition of random I >> can think of. > > From the server's point of view it is random - IMHO - because the > server cannot guess it and users don't know the choices of other > users. Perhaps there's a better English word, I'd call it "zufällig".
I believe you're looking for the word "arbitrary". In non-geek circles, the word "random" works as well, but among geeks, "random" has a more mathematically precise definition that tends to be assumed. In your case, you want a "unique arbitrary (user-defined) id/nickname". But heck, your English beats the pants of any skills *I* have in a foreign language. :) -tim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
