Re: KeyID as left vs right substring of fingerprint

[Werner Koch <wk@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 26 May 2000, hal@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Or of course we could leave it as it is now.  I am still not convinced

Yes, please.  There is not that much difference in the code for either
of the ones.  Adding code for taking the keyid from the left side
just adds more complexity in terms of backward compatibilty and we
already have so much code just for backword issues.

> that the universe is constructed such that left substrings are inherently
> more natural than right ones.  Endian wars, anyone?

No, thanks.

  Werner

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