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Re: [hybi] Versioning is a anti-pattern

John Tamplin <jat@google.com> Fri, 03 September 2010 16:26 UTC

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From: John Tamplin <jat@google.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:26:10 -0400
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On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Scott Ferguson <ferg@caucho.com> wrote:

> It's a matter of taste, really. Having the reserved split in two also makes
> the frame header look more complicated because it implies that RES1 and RES2
> are reserved for different purposes rather than just being generic reserved
> bits.
>

Actually in the draft they are named individually (I thought it would be
easier to define future extensions rather than saying the 2nd-highest bit of
reserved1 etc), and it seems highly likely that we will want at least one
stand-alone bit for a flag in some extension.

I also don't care much, but I prefer the current formulation.

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John A. Tamplin
Software Engineer (GWT), Google

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