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

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