>From Brandon <blanu at uts.cc.utexas.edu>
>> Okay, I can agree to this, with one difference:  the actual key=value
>> syntax used to specify a DBR.  The thing is is that the DBR is a formula
>> for generating the docname -- the "blah" in the above examples.  So
>> if you separate them you have to define a formula for the final string.
>
>I see no usefulness in being able to arbitrarily place the date portion of
>the key anywhere in the string. The purpose of the date portion is to
>allow for date-based versioning of keys.
>
>This is achieved fully by putting the date on the end. Being able to place
>the date arbitrarily is flexibility that complicates things without
>serving any actual purpose.

Put it at the beginning, not the end.  Putting it at the end breaks stuff.

--
Benjamin Coates


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