[NNTP] Re: Command names
Ken Murchison
ken at oceana.com
Fri Nov 5 06:36:27 PST 2004
Russ Allbery wrote:
> Ken Murchison <ken at oceana.com> writes:
>
>>Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
>>
>>>Ken Murchison said:
>
>
>>>>I guess the only additional char (beyond what you've outlined) which
>>>>sticks out as potentially usable for keywords is '_'
>
>
>>>I think we only want one of '-' and '_'. I don't greatly care which,
>>>though I think the former is slightly preferable.
>
>
>>I don't care enough to make a big issue out of it. I'll let the rest of
>>the WG (you and Russ) decide which one(s) will be used.
>
>
> I've been engaging in a completely irrational war against underscores for
> years, so I'm quite happy with a dash. :) (Really, I don't much care one
> way or the other, and can't see omitting '_' causing any real problems for
> anyone.)
Whatever we do, we should make sure that we're consistent with the use
of the extension label as documented for the 401 response (which
currently includes "MODE-READER").
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