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Re: [Cbor] A CBOR tag for alternatives/unions, request for comments

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Wed, 23 February 2022 23:31 UTC

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To: Michael Peyton Jones <michael.peyton-jones=40iohk.io@dmarc.ietf.org>
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 18:31:21 -0500
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Subject: Re: [Cbor] A CBOR tag for alternatives/unions, request for comments
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Michael Peyton Jones <michael.peyton-jones=40iohk.io@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote:
    > We believe that not only is this approach consistent, but it's actually
    > helpful: it allows users to decide whether they care more about
    > flexibility or regularity. If you want, you *can* just encode
    > everything with the long form and not worry about the compact
    > form. This simplicity is sometimes helpful.

+1

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