Re: [CCAMP] [CCAMP WG] #50: Identification of hexadecimal representation in G.709 vs decimal in GMPLS

Julien Meuric <julien.meuric@orange.com> Mon, 13 May 2013 16:33 UTC

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Subject: Re: [CCAMP] [CCAMP WG] #50: Identification of hexadecimal representation in G.709 vs decimal in GMPLS
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Hi.

On my right, a simple prefix that makes values clear and unambiguous at 
reading time, without the burden of references' context; on my left, 2 
confusing statements that will no more be in mind when reading figures...
I have often heard comments about RFC readability and the needed IETF 
background to understand what is not explicit: 2 more characters per 
figure would be both helpful and harmless.

By the way, the IANA registry about GMPLS makes use of the '0x' prefix: 
http://www.iana.org/assignments/gmpls-sig-parameters/gmpls-sig-parameters.xml#gmpls-sig-parameters-8

Regards,

Julien


On 05/13/2013 12:59, Lou Berger wrote:
>> >13.  Identification of hexadecimal representation in G.709 vs decimal in
>> >      GMPLS considerations
>> >
>> >    Encoding in GMPLS foresses the utilization of hexadecimal values
>> >    format "0x" while in the data plane documents, like G.709
>> >    reccomendation, the format usually used is the decimal one (e.g.
>> >    G-PID in RSVP-TE vs Payload Type in G.709).
>> >
> Assuming we go this way: I understand your intent, but I think you're
> actually stating exactly the opposite.  How about, simply:
>
>    Note that the Payload Types (PT) defined in [G709-2012], and repeated
>    in this document, are provided in hexadecimal representation without
>    the commonly used '0x' prefix.