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Comment by cmovq

> Base84 distinguishes uppercase and lowercase letters, so different encoded names can compare equal on a case-insensitive filesystem.

I understand for the authors particular application the probability of collision is small, but this makes this encoding completely impractical for filenames generally.

parent cmovq 1 month ago

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