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Tue Jul 7 23:32:16 CEST 2009 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2009-July/090517.html

>> Hmm, no prefix or suffix ?
> 
> No, not really. hg often shows revision integers as well, but as they
> aren't globally consistent, they're of little value in communicating
> changeset pointers.

I think MAL wasn't asking for a "1354:" prefix, but for a, say,
"r" or "R" prefix, or perhaps "V" or "merc:".

I think you are proposing that there is no prefix because the chance
for a misidentification of some word as a hg revision number is small,
as it has to be exactly 12 hex digits.

Regards,
Martin

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