On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, DINH Viet Hoa wrote: > When we want to define new flags in a client, should we use keywords or > flag extension for that ?
You should use keywords. System flags (flags starting with "\") are defined in the base specification and are mandatory to implement; flag extensions are to provide compatibility with future versions of the protocol. > for example, I want to add the flag "Forwarded". There is an effort afoot to define certain names in the keyword space, starting with "$", as being of general use for multiple clients. I believe that a "Forwarded" flag is one such name. So, you should track that effort (I think Alexey is the current document editor) instead of using a private keyword. -- Mark -- http://staff.washington.edu/mrc Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate. Si vis pacem, para bellum.
