Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] QPACK [editorial] update RIC and Base on figures (#2935)

Bence Béky <notifications@github.com> Thu, 15 August 2019 15:34 UTC

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Subject: Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] QPACK [editorial] update RIC and Base on figures (#2935)
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While I understand the argument outlined in the blog post @MikeBishop linked above, and would not be unhappy if that was the widespread convention, I am worried that this is not the mental model that most engineers share.  I think the index--element bijection is the general convention, and deviating from that might cause confusion.

A particular source of confusion arising in this situation even for people used to the "indices point between elments" convention is that on the two figures in question, indices increase to the left. 
 Therefore the element with a given index is not the one on the right of the arrow, but the one on the left, breaking the rule of thumb mentioned in the blog post.

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