On 10/24/05 5:28 PM, "Brad Knowles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Base-64 would let you get two characters creating no more than > 4096 hash subdirectories, and you can see the numbers above for the > likely reduction in the number of grandchild subdirectories/files. Base 64 isn't a good idea for code which might run on case-insensitive file systems (eg Cygwin or Mac OS X). Base 36 would seem safer if this code is going to go into the official Mailman release sometime (which is probably a good idea). --John _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
