ietf-nntp LIST EXTENSIONS caching
Peter Robinson
pmrobinson at gmx.net
Fri Oct 10 05:54:45 PDT 2003
Clive D.W. Feather <clive at demon.net> wrote:
> [In 5.3.2]
>
> An NNTP client MUST NOT rely on any cached results from this command,
> either earlier in this session or in a previous session, remaining
> correct.
it is unfortunate that 'remaining correct', which totally changes the
tone of that sentence, is separated so far from the verb. How about:
An NNTP client MAY cache the results of this command,
but MUST NOT rely on any cached results remaining
correct, whether from earlier in this session or from a
previous session.
?
> [and then]
>
> 11.6 Caching of LIST EXTENSIONS results
I like the wording from this section.
> However, such implementations [...] SHOULD provide a way to
> force the cached information to be refreshed.
That last clause is a good idea.
Peter
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