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Seems like kind of a wordy name, why not just "nonce"?
by shawnz 5y ago
Seems like kind of a wordy name, why not just "nonce"?
- topogios 5y agoI think nonces are generally thought of as numbers, and as a client it might be simplest in some cases to be able to reuse or derive from an existing non-number key.
- chrismorgan 5y agoThe HTML nonce attribute is a string: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global_attributes/nonce https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global_att...
- SideburnsOfDoom 5y agoNot recommended to use "nonce" casually in the UK. Urban Dictionary will tell you why.
- shawnz 5y agoIMO that ship has sailed given the word has been extensively used in software contexts for some time.
- SideburnsOfDoom 5y agoIt's still somewhat a specialised word, even in software contexts. Or at least, UK people prefer not to to use it.
- detaro 5y agoIt probably makes some sense to reserve "nonce" for security/cryptographic use.