Re: [psg.com #441] IESG - Architecture - atsign

[Simon Tatham <anakin%pobox.com@localhost>]

Chris Lonvick  <clonvick%cisco.com@localhost> wrote:
> If _ALL_ of these Names are locally extensible, then I can state quickly
> state that.

I believe that is (or should be) correct. The only purpose in using
string identifiers _at all_, with their extra space cost, is so that
they can be conveniently extensible in a way that pure 32-bit
integers are not. Therefore, anywhere the protocol defines a string
identifier, it should be extensible using the @ mechanism.

Cheers,
Simon
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