Re: Working Group Last Call: draft-ietf-sieve-3431bis-01.txt (relational test)

[Michael Haardt <[e-mail]>]

On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 06:40:43PM +0100, Alexey Melnikov wrote:
> >>"relational" draft is not the place for listing such comparators. There 
> >>is a separate document (currently draft-newman-i18n-comparator-05.txt) 
> >>that defines the comparator registry. 

> >I guess you are right that duplicating information is not good, but the
> >Sieve base language contains so few comparators, that it would be nice
> >to state that those return sort information.

> Maybe you are asking for a reference to the comparator registry after 
> the quoted sentence?

Probably.

> When I edit a document I usually try to add lots of examples to address 
> issues like yours.

Examples are very good, but what I love most is a short summary of the
important points (in this case, that all comparators of the base language
do return sort information), a reference where to read it in detail AND
examples. :-)

> On a somewhat related note: do people think we need a comparator that 
> can handle negative numbers?

At first, I thought it was odd not to have one, but as a matter of fact,
I never missed it.

Michael