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Re: [Json] Doofus Parameter Labels

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Mon, 30 March 2015 23:20 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Json] Doofus Parameter Labels
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On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 5:35 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker
<phill@hallambaker.com> wrote:
> The choice of labels is arbitrary. Why make choices that introduce
> unnecessary complexity?

Because we can't predict what all those names will be.

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