[chef] Why databag ids are that restricted?

["Roberto C. Morano" < >]

Hello,

I'm working in a project to manage desktop computers configurations with 
Chef and we are using databags to host users' specific configurations.

At the very begining, databags seemed the correct and easy place to hold 
these confs, but we found that we will have problems with users, for 
example, using dots in their usernames, because databag ids do not 
support this.

I've been hacking around Chef code trying (I haven't been able to yet) 
to make it to support it, but I wanted to know the original reason for 
this restriction.

Could any Chef developer tell me why is this restriction applied exactly?

Thank you in advance.

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Roberto C. Morano
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