Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 12:40:15 -0800
From: Randall Gellens <randy(_at_)qualcomm(_dot_)com>
My understanding of the DRUMS discussion on Resent-* headers is that
they are not to be used for .forward style automatic, unconditional
forwarding, but are supposed to be used for user-initiated forwarding.
I say that Sieve falls into this latter category, and thus Resent-*
headers SHOULD be generated.
Okay, I'm not sure if I agree with the first half, but I can accept the
second half in any case.
4. Request: Short-circuit evaluation should be either MAY or MUST, and
must be discussed in case it matters in the future.
I've implemented them, but I suspect there may be implementation
environments where this is hard to support, and so I don't think we can
require it.
Really? Could you provide an example? I can think of only one, and I
think it's rather absurd.
Chris, why shouldn't this be "SHOULD"? I think SHOULD would be useful
since I assume short-circuit evaluation will be required by extensions
that specify tests with side effects, and it's useful from an efficiency
standpoint.
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Tim Showalter <tjs+(_at_)andrew(_dot_)cmu(_dot_)edu>