proposed extensions for as-macro, community names

In message <199604051733.MAA28893 at merit.edu>, Brian Renaud writes:
> 
> Some issues which seem to require further discussion:
> 
> <string> length
>      Should we require the <string> to be more than one character
>      long?   That  is,  should  as-macro  names such as "AS-A" be
>      illegal?  If we  require  more  characters,  how  many  more
>      should  we require?  Alternatively, we could rely on commun-
>      ity pressure to discourage meaningless names.
> 
> ending characters
>      Should we require as-macro names to  end  in  an  alphabetic
>      letter  or digit? That is, should names such as "AS-ISP_" be
>      illegal?  Alternatively, we could rely on community pressure
>      to discourage such apparently badly formed names.
> 
> case sensitivity
>      Should the comparisons of as-macro names  be  case  insensi-
>      tive?   That  is,  should the database software consider the
>      as-macro name AS-EBONE to be the same as the  as-macro  name
>      as-ebone?

Pick something and let's move on to real problems.

> 3.3.  Discussion Points
> 
> Some issues which seem to require further discussion:
> 
> community name length
>      Should we require the community names to be to be more  than
>      one character long?  That is, should community names such as
>      "x" be illegal?  If we require  more  characters,  how  many
>      more  should  we  require?   Alternatively, we could rely on
>      community pressure to discourage meaningless names.
> 
> ending characters
>      Should we require community names to end  in  an  alphabetic
>      letter  or  digit?  That  is,  should  names  such  as "ISP-
>      Backbone_" be illegal?  Alternatively, we could rely on com-
>      munity  pressure  to discourage such apparently badly formed
>      names.
> 
> case sensitivity
>      Should the comparisons of community names be  case  insensi-
>      tive?   That  is,  should the database software consider the
>      community name WCW to be the same as the community name wcw?

Same here.

I'm don't favor syntax checking for asthetically pleasing names, but I
don't plan to use really ugly ones either.  Go either way.

Curtis