ietf-nntp New wording on article numbers

[Jon Ribbens]

Jack De Winter wrote:
> >>     The last article number MIGHT be less than the first article number.
> >
> >I don't think that MIGHT should be in capitals.
> 
> Can you give us a legitimate example of when the last article number
> might be less than the first number?  If so, is this a good idea?

If there are no articles in the group. It's as good an idea
as any, I think. The first and last aritcle numbers being
equal indicates that there is one article in the group.
(Although INN sets last=first=articles=0 if the group is
empty. Actually, I think I prefer the last<first method.
I don't know what deployed clients do though.)

Cheers


Jon
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