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Re: Allocation of member #'s
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Fri, 2 Jul 1999 15:56:54 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Patricia Schempp writes:
> I think for continuity's sake, the numbers should all have the same
> number of digits.  Having some with on, some with two or three would
> be confusing.  But I guess you could always do the 005, 083 thing.
> Hmm...who gets 007?

That would be nice, but the only way to guarantee that all the numbers
have the same number of digits is either to start at a really, really
high number and ignore all lower numbers, or pre-fix the number of digits
at something large -- definitely more than 3.

--Todd



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  Re: Allocation of member #'s
 
I think for continuity's sake, the numbers should all have the same number of digits. Having some with on, some with two or three would be confusing. But I guess you could always do the 005, 083 thing. Hmm...who gets 007? (...) (27 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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