> But even if you could generate globally unique names, you wouldn't know
> which name belonged to which programmer.  They would also be rather
> obnoxious names for the user to remember and type.

Oh, you'd let the user name them in this situation, then associate that 
display name with an internally-generated ID.

> I serialize USBProgs and ProProgs anyway, and setting the name is only a
> little extra beyond loading the firmware and doing some tests.  This way a
> user can also look at a unit, see that it is serial number 123 for example,
> and know that the name is USBProg0123.

Makes perfect sense for the USBProg situation.  Serialization just takes 
an extra step in programming, so auto-assigning a unique ID is just a 
way around that if it makes sense for a given device.
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Timothy J. Weber
http://timothyweber.org
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