Re: [Evolution-hackers] [Camel] Folder names

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

> I just got another idea. Is trailing whitespace ever removed from a name
> being it full or not?
> 
> I could then add one or more trailing ' 's to any name to make it unique
> among other folders with identical display name. Like this:
> 
> fi_a = {
> 	.name = "evolution ";
> 	.full_name = "Inbox /evolution ";
> };
> 
> fi_b = {
> 	.name = "evolution  ";
> 	.full_name = "Inbox /evolution  ";
> };

You dont need to add it to name, only full_name is used to uniquely
identify folders.

> and keep an internal mapping table that gives me the entryid for any
> given full name.
> 
> These name are as unique as any other string could be, you can strcpy()
> it without any ill effects  and you can strip off the /* for any given
> path to get the parent name.
>  
> A folder name without any trailing ' ' would indicate that the folder
> hasn't got an entryid yet. This won't happen on Exchange before it is
> committed to db. 
> 
> This scheme has the added advantage of producing names that looks
> identical to the human eye as we are prone to overlook ' ' characters,
> especially the trailing ones. 

Hmm, i dunno it's up to you!
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