ietf-nntp Where did 497 come from for the max arg length?

Russ Allbery rra at stanford.edu
Wed Jul 19 13:07:54 PDT 2000


Stan O Barber <sob at verio.net> writes:

> It was my intent for it to be possible to have the same arguements be
> able to be use for multiple commands. By keeping the length limited to
> what can be used by the shortest command to be no longer than that which
> can be use by the longest command, we insure that the same max length
> can be used for all. This makes client and server implementation easier.

> You may not agree with this logic, but that is why it is. 

> Now, if there is consensus to change this and some one provides suitable
> replacement text to explain this clearly, a change can be done. Until
> then, it will remain as written.

I agree with leaving it at the current number for the reasons Stan stated.
It made sense to me the first time I read it.

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Russ Allbery (rra at stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>



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