On 11 Feb 2011, at 03:53, "Matt W. Benjamin" <[email protected]> wrote:

> yes.  at this point, an rpc-l primitive and corresponding rxgen support seem 
> like something we would need to enable manageable and consistent elaboration 
> of different union types, if I at all understand the issues.  I'm happy to 
> make xcb conformant with this, for example.  I am not interested in seeing 
> this wheel invented several times.

Coming at this from a slightly different angle, I think we have an immediate 
need for a new address primitive. We can create, and implement, one relatively 
easily. I don't see doing so as reinventing the wheel.

Separately, I agree that we need a new method of encoding unions on the wire. 
However, I think this is going to require more standardisation and 
implementation work. I'm definitely interested in seeing that work done, but I 
don't think we should delay moving forward with addresses on waiting for that 
to happen.

Cheers,

Simon.

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