okay. yes, this does make sense. but incase future extensions are possible in this, shouldn't we also see a "..." i.e. the extension marker too, following the single field ??
thanks & regards, banibrata. > -----Original Message----- > From: Vishal Choudhary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 7:03 PM > To: 'Banibrata Dutta'; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ASN1] CHOICE with just 1 alternative field > > As far as I can understand, it is used for fields that would > have exactly one value at any given time, but as of now no > other value can be thought of. > > And if we do not keep it as CHOICE now, then type would need > to be changed in future definitions, which would not be acceptable. > > Thanks and Best Regards, > Vishal Choudhary. > ==================== > Great minds DON'T think alike. If they did the patent office > would only have about fifty inventions - Wally (Dilbert) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Banibrata Dutta > Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 8:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ASN1] CHOICE with just 1 alternative field > > Hi, > > I've got an ASN.1 questions (based on the ITU-T TCAP Q.773 spec).. > > What's the significance of a type-definition s.a. a CHOICE > with only one component/field in it. E.g. > UniDialoguePDU ::= CHOICE {unidialoguePDU AUDT-apdu } > > > thanks & regards, > Banibrata Dutta > Hewlett-Packard ISO Pvt. Ltd, > 29, Cunningham Road, > Bangalore - 560052, India. > Tel: +91-80-22051796 > > > > _______________________________________________ > ASN1 mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.asn1.org/mailman/listinfo/asn1 > > -- > ***************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are > confidential and intended solely for the use of the > individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Any > opinions expressed in the email are those of the > individual and not necessarily the company. > > This footnote also confirms that this message has been > scanned for viruses and dangerous content by the > MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. > ***************************************************************** > > > > -- > ***************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are > confidential and intended solely for the use of the > individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Any > opinions expressed in the email are those of the > individual and not necessarily the company. > > This footnote also confirms that this message has been > scanned for viruses and dangerous content by the > MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. > ***************************************************************** > _______________________________________________ ASN1 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.asn1.org/mailman/listinfo/asn1
