From: "David A. Harding" <dave@dtrt•org>
To: Andrew Chow <achow101-lists@achow101•com>,
Bitcoin Protocol Discussion
<bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] BIP Proposals for Output Script Descriptors
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2021 17:24:05 -1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210703032405.j3mru5rbag5sbfil@ganymede> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1eb7b635-094c-a583-7dc0-21cea58ed1fb@achow101.com>
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On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 09:14:39PM +0000, Andrew Chow via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> *** Optionally followed by a single <tt>/*</tt> or <tt>/*'</tt> final
> step to denote all direct unhardened or hardened children.
>
> [...]
>
> In the above specification, the hardened indicator <tt>'</tt> may be
> replaced with alternative hardnened indicators of <tt>h</tt> or <tt>H</tt>.
Is there any chance we can take this opportunity to make "h"/"H" the
preferred aliases? Using "'" in bourne-style shells is very
annoying[1], and I suspect it's also creating unnecessary complications
elsewhere.
Alternatives:
- Completely kill "'" (I'd prefer this, but I realize it's complicated
with descriptors already being used widely). If "h"/"H" are made the
preferred aliases, maybe it'd be enough to make implementing "'" a
SHOULD rather than a MUST; this would push implementations towards
displaying descriptors using the h versions for maximum compatibility.
- Calculate the checksum over s/(h|H)/'/ (again, I know that's
complicated with descriptors already widely used)
Thanks,
-Dave
[1] https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/15740#issuecomment-695815432
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-29 21:14 Andrew Chow
2021-06-29 22:22 ` Christopher Allen
2021-06-29 22:35 ` Andrew Chow
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2021-07-02 20:05 ` Andrew Chow
2021-07-03 3:24 ` David A. Harding [this message]
2021-07-03 5:12 ` Andrew Chow
2021-07-03 8:35 ` Craig Raw
2021-07-03 10:05 ` David A. Harding
2021-07-03 14:00 ` Craig Raw
2021-07-04 17:56 ` Daniel Bayerdorffer
2021-08-05 14:27 ` Sjors Provoost
2021-08-05 20:49 ` Christopher Allen
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