Hi John, > On 1 Jun 2022, at 15:55, John Scudder <[email protected]> wrote: > > I hate to disagree, but: > >> On May 31, 2022, at 3:54 AM, Éric Vyncke via Datatracker <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> s/MUST consist in an increment by one the older/MUST consist in an increment >> by >> one of the older/ ? Moreover, 'increment' is usually understood as 'add 1' so >> no need to add 'by one' in the sentence > > I think “by one” was more unambiguous even the sentence doesn’t scan as > prettily. Although in computing it’s true that “increment” without any > qualification does generally imply one, isn’t it even better to be explicit? > Certainly the dictionary definition of “increment” doesn’t include “by one”. > In this particular case, the “by one” is important since it has implications > on how fast the (very small) version number space could wrap. > > My own preference would be to re-introduce “by one” or similar, when/if doing > another version.
Is just a “when” ;-) there will be another revision for sure As for your comment, I understand your point, it does not harm to be “pedantic” and keep the “by one”. Thanks Ciao L. > > $0.02, > > —John _______________________________________________ lisp mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/lisp
