Google Trying to Solve a UUID

Re:Google Trying to Solve a UUID by fencepost on Saturday August 06, 2022 @02:39PM (#32370507)

I would expect it to store 01234 as a number unless explicitly told to store it as a string.

These days I'd disagree. Once upon a time explicitly column delimited data with leading 0 padding may have been common, but I suspect in most software written in the last 20+ years leading 0s if included are more likely relevant parts of the data rather than Hollerith card default punches.

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Re:Google Trying to Solve a UUID by replygirl on Saturday August 06, 2022 @04:34PM (#32371365)

excel users don't think like this

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Re:Google Trying to Solve a UUID by danielheath on Saturday August 06, 2022 @06:27PM (#32372171)

Excel users use leading zeroes to indicate they are using a punchcard based format? Seems… unlikely

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Re:Google Trying to Solve a UUID by replygirl on Saturday August 06, 2022 @07:15PM (#32372466)

not what i'm saying. the vast majority of people who work with spreadsheets have no interest in redefining it to align with other paradigms. spreadsheets work damn well as they are

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Re:Google Trying to Solve a UUID by fsckboy on Sunday August 07, 2022 @02:14AM (#32374301)

and spreadsheets would not break if 02559 were stored as 02559, so what's the problem?

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Re:Google Trying to Solve a UUID by replygirl on Sunday August 07, 2022 @11:20PM (#32382137)

it would break tens of millions of people's expectations. decades of muscle memory for many people. pretty big effect for no objective benefit

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