What if I reuse alias name
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What if I reuse alias name
The alias feature is awesome. Thanks Don! Do you plan to check aliases if by mistake I assign the same alias name to another value? Maybe you can provide another icon (maybe a broken heart) in the AB if the alias name is already taken?
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Re: What if I reuse alias name
Currently it will simply overwrite any existing alias of the same name. If that really is a problem I could add a "sure?" prompt. But for now I want to keep it as simple as possible and wait for some real world feedback.serendipity wrote:The alias feature is awesome. Thanks Don! Do you plan to check aliases if by mistake I assign the same alias name to another value? Maybe you can provide another icon (maybe a broken heart) in the AB if the alias name is already taken?
BTW, the blue heart icon does not tell you anything about the existence of an alias -- it just tells you that what you entered looks like an alias. I can add real time checking later -- will not be notable in performance unless you have many thousand aliases (i.e. unless you are mad) ...
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