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by dmitrygr 551 days ago
Why not just change the “%s.%u” to “%s.%010u” and no code changes?
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consp 551 days ago
You just created a fix up to a large, but arbitrary, number just pushing the problem down the road instead of fixing it.
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andrelaszlo 551 days ago
If I understood the article correctly it caused problems when the same file was imported multiple times, or when another file with the same base name was imported.

https://gist.github.com/bssrdf/397900607028bffd0f8d223a7acdc...

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dmitrygr 551 days ago
Yes, TFA says the issue is because "12345" sorts before "9888"

My solution avoids that.

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