[barcode] Different strings give same barcode

[Matthew Price]

On 6/2/05, Alessandro Rubini <rubini@gnudd.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello.
> Please note that UPC-E is a strange beast.
> 
> > $  barcode -En  -e upc-e -b 058764
> 
> > $ barcode -En  -e upc-e -b 058706

-snip-

> For this reason, UPC-E shouldn't be used to represent anything else
> than official product codes, unfortunately (I think EAN-8 has
> the same drawbacks, but I'm not sure and won't check now).  If you want
> a compact code without strange side effects, you can use code128
> 
> Hope this helps
> /alessandro
> 
It does.  Thank You.  I have some cheap readers that seemed to work
best with upc-e, but I will go back and look at code128.