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

Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> Wed, 23 February 2022 14:20 UTC

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From: Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org>
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Cc: Jared Corduan <jared.corduan@iohk.io>, Alexander Byaly <alexander.byaly@iohk.io>, Duncan Coutts <duncan@well-typed.com>, Michael Peyton Jones <michael.peyton-jones@iohk.io>, "cbor@ietf.org" <cbor@ietf.org>
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Subject: Re: [Cbor] A CBOR tag for alternatives/unions, request for comments
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On 2022-02-23, at 15:13, Richter, Jörg <Joerg.Richter@pdv-FS.de> wrote:
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> You made the suggestion to use tag 101 for it.

Ouch, bad memory on my side, plus propensity to drop my cookies.
So I retract my proposal to move the extended tag for enums to 101 (‘e’).

> Even if it was never finalized, we still have the need for such a tag.

Yes.  Maybe we should add a reference relating this to RFC 7807, integrate it into notable-tags, and ask IANA to register it.

Grüße, Carsten

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