On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 15:04 -0800, les wrote: > With that said, here is a snippet from the gconf stuff for evolution: > > Directly from the file: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <group uid="1162801071.10728.17@localhost.localdomain" name="On This > Computer" base_uri="local:" readonly="no"><source > uid="1162801071.10728.18@localhost.localdomain" name="Personal" > uri="file:///home/lesh/.evolution/addressbook/local/system" > relative_uri="system"><properties><property name="pilot-sync" > value="true"/><property name="use-in-contacts-calendar" > value="0"/></properties></source><source > uid="1163129951.18548.0@localhost.localdomain" name="Personal2" > relative_uri="1163129951.18548.0@localhost.localdomain"><properties><property > name="completion" value="true"/><property name="remember_password" > value="false"/></properties></source></group> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > How many of you can read and understand this bit of code? > > I especially dislike the ##########.#####.#@localhost.localdomain > filename. This has no significance to the job being accomplished. As > much as I rail against "self documenting code", this is just beyond > useless. It smacks of trying to use obfuscation for security, which > has > been proven over and over to not aid security. Other than that it has > no value, no significance and adds no real value to the process being > described.
Two points here: 1) You seem to think that because this is in text form, it's supposed to be read by humans. AFAIK it's not. The format is XML as a convenience to make it portable and easy to parse by machine. The visual layout is irrelevant (and can be generated by a pretty-printer if it's ever needed). 2) The ##########.#####.#@localhost.localdomain stuff is not meant for obfuscated "security", but as a way of generating a unique ID (not a filename as you state). You don't say where this snippet comes from so it's hard to say, but it looks very similar to the Message-ID header found in mail messages. poc _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
