[Ltru] Re: zh-hakka

Frank Ellermann <nobody@xyzzy.claranet.de> Tue, 19 September 2006 15:10 UTC

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Doug Ewell wrote:

>> there's never a danger of A -> B -> C -> A, if A *_must_*
>> point to something that has no further pointer.
 
> I think we are again trying to legislate against the
> unthinkable.
[...]
> There is no reasonable chance that ietf-languages will ever
> make an older (sub)tag the Preferred-Value for a newer one.

Not intentionally, but with a valid A -> B and a new subtag C
deprecating B you get A -> B -> C, and a simple typo could
twist this into A -> B -> A.  Admittedly I like graph theory.

Frank



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