[NNTP] Article number wording

Howard Swinehart binaryboy at binaryboy.com
Mon Jul 18 13:25:08 PDT 2005


From: "Forrest J. Cavalier III":
> I wouldn't mind seeing 2^31, etc expressions instead of the numbers.  But
> the format should match other RFCs.

I agree.  Knowing which data type can hold 2^x or 2^x-1 is a lot easier than 
figuring out the wall of digits.  If showing the full number is necessary, 
then I suggest including the 2^x notation in parentheses.




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