a stab at API improvement wishlist

Tom Yu <tlyu@MIT.EDU> Wed, 21 October 2009 02:49 UTC

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Subject: a stab at API improvement wishlist
From: Tom Yu <tlyu@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:49:13 -0400
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I have made a very rough stab at an API improvement wishlist, based on
comments from last IETF meeting and mailing list discussion.  I know
it's incomplete.  I intend it to be a starting point of a problem
description and analysis.  Anyone willing to help polish it?

draft-yu-kitten-api-wishlist-00.txt