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Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Rename connection id (#502)

Martin Thomson <notifications@github.com> Fri, 05 May 2017 02:40 UTC

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There's a common misconception that there is a one-to-one mapping between a thing and its identifier.  For instance, a legal name for a person.

An "address" has all the properties you describe, as does a "locator".  So does an MPLS flow label.  I'm not saying that these are better names, just that there are alternatives that don't have the same baggage.

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