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On 02/08/2011 03:59 PM, Cullen Jennings wrote:
> 
> Up to version 11, we only had the KindID described in the IANA registry 
> section and it was defined as a 32 bit value. In version 12, we added the 
> typedef for it as well but messed up and put 16 where it should have been 32. 
> The IANA text in version 12 was still 32 bits. 
> 
> I think the kinds should be a 32 bit space. At first glance 16 bits might 
> seem like enough but the more you think about it, we use these all over the 
> place. A given application could use many kinds. It would be really bad to 
> run out. The doc currently contradicts itself having them partially 32 and 
> partially 16 but I think we should go with 32 bits as we had in version prior 
> to version 12 of the draft. 

Agreed.  We kept the KindId definition at 32 bit in the Wireshark dissector.

> 
> 
> On Jan 18, 2011, at 11:29 AM, Marc Petit-Huguenin wrote:
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>> On 01/18/2011 05:32 AM, Eric Rescorla wrote:
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>>> On Nov 17, 2010, at 11:28 AM, Marc Petit-Huguenin wrote:
>>>
>>> Few more nits:
>>>
>>> - Section 5.5.4.1 "typedef uint16  KindId;"
>>>
>>> This contradicts section 13.6 that states that KindId are 32-bit integers.
>>>
>>> (Reported by Stéphane Bryant)
>>>
>>>
>>>> I'm tempted to change the bits on the wire here--bigger seems better. 
>>>> Obviously
>>>> this is a breaking change. Comments?
>>
>> I am personally all for breaking compatibility between different versions of 
>> an
>> I-D.  You can make it easy for implementers by incrementing the minor 
>> version in
>> the Forwarding header (i.e. 0x01-->0x02, and it will still be changed to 0x0a
>> when published as an RFC).

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