Ok thanks. 

"
The UUID spec (RFC 4122) allows both upper and lower case hex digits, so I 
don't see a reason not to. 

" 
Bert


On Feb 23, 2010, at 10:43 PM, Eliot Miranda wrote:

> 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 1:25 PM, stephane ducasse <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> in pharo
> 
> #[122 43 213 7] hex = '7A2BD507'
> 
> in squeak
> 
> #[122 43 213 7] hex = '7a2bd507'
> 
> do you think that it makes a difference?
> 
> 
> Much of the "rest of the world" (e.g. gdb, md5sum) uses lower case.  
> Personally I find lower-case much easier to read because I find the 
> lower-case letters visually more different from the digits than the upper 
> case letters.  For these two reasons I prefer lower-case.   I haven't always 
> been this way.  I used to prefer upper case because I think the upper case 
> letters look neater, having the same height as the digits.  But now I prefer 
> legibility over neatness.
> 
> 2¢
> 
> Eliot 
> 
> Stef
> 
> 
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