Re: [apps-discuss] JSON Patch: Shortening operation names?

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Tue, 06 December 2011 13:07 UTC

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Cc: Graham Klyne <GK@ninebynine.org>, General discussion of application-layer protocols <apps-discuss@ietf.org>
Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] JSON Patch: Shortening operation names?
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On 2011-12-06 13:18, Dave Cridland wrote:
> On Tue Dec 6 10:28:07 2011, Graham Klyne wrote:
>> I'd be inclined to stick with the readable names, unless there's a
>> clear case that the extra bytes will have significant effect on
>> performance.
>
> Shrt nms tnd 2 rduc rdblty 4 0 effct.
> ...

Actually, readability is the main reason why I would support such a 
change; in a diff format, using a single-character notation might 
*improve* the readability (compare to the traditional diff format).

Best regards, Julian