[AFS3-std] Re: Encoding IPvN addresses

[Derrick Brashear]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 3:37 AM, Simon Wilkinson <simon@sxw.org.uk> wrote:
>
>
> On 11 Feb 2011, at 03:53, "Matt W. Benjamin" <matt@linuxbox.com> wrote:
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> yes. =A0at this point, an rpc-l primitive and corresponding rxgen support=
 seem
> like something we would need to enable manageable and consistent elaborat=
ion
> of different union types, if I at all understand the issues. =A0I'm happy=
 to
> make xcb conformant with this, for example. =A0I am not interested in see=
ing
> this wheel invented several times.
>
> Coming at this from a slightly different angle, I think we have an immedi=
ate
> need for a new address primitive. We can create, and implement, one
> relatively easily. I don't see doing so as reinventing the wheel.
> Separately, I agree that we need a new method of encoding unions on the
> wire. However, I think this is going to require more standardisation and
> implementation work. I'm definitely interested in seeing that work done, =
but
> I don't think we should delay moving forward with addresses on waiting fo=
r
> that to happen.

I agree with that summary, and had went to bed with the same idea in my cra=
w.

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Derrick