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		criddell on April 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Understanding and avoiding visually ambiguous char... > I would be wary of excluding characters just because they look like other characters when combined I wish the author would have said more about this. Why be wary?

digging on April 23, 2024 [–]

The implied reason is that it shortens the list of available IDs substantially.

criddell on April 23, 2024 | [–]

That was my first thought, but the section on case sensitivity already discussed the impact of a reduced alphabet and pointed out adding more characters takes care of that quickly. So I assume the reason is something else.

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