[NNTP] LISTGROUP

[Ken Murchison]

Clive D.W. Feather wrote:

> Ken Murchison said:
> 
>>I'm working on parts of my Cyrus NNTP code, and I had occasion to 
>>re-read the LISTGROUP text in draft -23.  Question: If LISTGROUP is 
>>called without the group argument, does the current article pointer of 
>>the already selected group get changed to the first article, or does it 
>>stay where it is?
> 
> 
> It gets changed.
> 
> From the text:
> 
>     The optional argument is the name of the newsgroup to be selected
>     (e.g.  "news.software.misc").  A list of valid newsgroups may be
>     obtained from the LIST ACTIVE command.  If no group is specified, the
>     current selected newsgroup is used.
> 
> it is clear to me that:
> 
>     LISTGROUP news.software.misc
>     LISTGROUP
> 
> and:
> 
>     LISTGROUP news.software.misc
>     LISTGROUP news.software.misc
> 
> are equivalent in effect. Then:
> 
>    When a valid group is selected by means of this command, the current
>    selected newsgroup MUST be set to that group and the current article
>    number MUST be set to the first article in the group.
> 
> says it MUST be set to the first article in the group. Neither this
> wording, nor the equivalent in GROUP, has an exception for the case that
> the group being selected is the group already selected.
> 
> What in the wording made you think otherwise?

Never mind.  I was reading text from -21.  I noticed that in -23 the 
first paragrapg of 8.3.1.2 specifically states that LISTGROUP also 
selects the group.  This new sentence seems to eliminate the wiggle room 
for a different interpretation that I had.

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