What are handles? about lslib HOT 5 CLOSED

Handles are UUID-s which are formatted differently for some reason.
E.g. the handle in your example, "h62f95e12g0bcfg41b1g8c0bg6143f1d5ef72", is actually the UUID "62f95e12-0bcf-41b1-8c0b-6143f1d5ef72". They just put a "h" in front of the handle, and replace "-" with "g". I don't think they have any particular meaning, as far as I could see they're randomly generated just like most other UUID-s.

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Can you verify whether the different format isn't the result of a conversion error?

edit: As an aside, I tried using real UUID4 strings and nothing exploded, but my strings aren't overriding the base strings, so I'm not sure that was a valid test.

I also saw the formatted UUID strings were used as handles in the Root Templates file as well.

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It isn't a conversion issue. Files that weren't in LSF format already (e.g. Language\English.xml) also use the same translated string handle format.

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Thanks.

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Some handles are not unique. For example:

But whether I'm using existing handles or generating new ones doesn't seem to matter.

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