[aprssig] spaces in object names PROPOSAL

[Curt, WE7U]

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Steve Dimse wrote:

> I maintain that it is equally confusing to allow "A B" and "A  B" to be two 
> distinct things as it is to allow "A" and "A       " to be different things. 
> I still think we should disallow consecutive spaces. And in fact, after 
> thinking about one of Pete's points yesterday, I'm inclined to push for 
> disallowing more than one non-alphanumeric in a row. For example "A--B" would 
> be illegal, "A-B-C" is fine. Non-alpha characters definitely add to the 
> confusion.

I suspect we all agree that it is potentially confusing.  What we
disagree on is what to do about it.

I propose that we "smarten up" the client software to help in this
regard when creating the Objects (by warning the operator), but not
so much as to prevent it from occurring.

Any such Objects received over the air or INET should preserve
embedded characters as received.

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