https://github.com/aesiniath/locators-haskell

Human exchangable identifiers and locators
https://github.com/aesiniath/locators-haskell

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Human exchangable identifiers and locators

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/aesiniath/locators-haskell
• Owner: aesiniath
• License: mit
• Created: 2014-01-12T04:46:40.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-07-08T06:08:56.000Z (4 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-25T06:59:54.670Z (4 months ago)
• Language: Haskell
• Homepage: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/locators
• Size: 65.4 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.markdown
  • License: LICENSE

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Identifiers and Locators

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We had a need for identifiers that could be used by humans. The requirement to

be able to say these over the phone complicated matters.

Most people approach this problem by using a phonetic alphabet. The trouble

comes when you hear people saying stuff like _"A as in ... uh, Apple?"_ (should

be Alpha, of course) and _"U as in ... um, what's a word that starts with U?"_

It gets worse. Ever been to a GPG keysigning? Listen to people attempt to read

out the digits of their key fingerprints. _"...C 3 E D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 B D B

D..."_ _"Did you say C or D?"_ and _"how many zeros was that?"_ Brutal.

So what we need is a symbol set where each digit is unambigious and doesn't

collide with the phonetics of another symbol. This package provides

[Locator16][], a set of 16 letters and numbers that, when spoken in English,

have unique pronounciations.

Also included is code to work in base 62, which is simply [`'0'`-`'9'`,

`'A'`-`'Z'`, and `'a'`-`'z'`]. These are frequently used to express short codes

in URL redirectors; you may find them a more useful encoding for expressing

numbers than base 16 hexidecimal.

[Locator16]: