[NNTP] 64-bit article counter extension strawman

Matthias Andree matthias.andree at gmx.de
Sat Jul 23 18:04:34 PDT 2005


Steve Walker <nntp at nntpserver.com> writes:

> There seems to be a general agreement that a limit is wanted for 
> practical reasons.  Is this correct?  If that is the case, would 
> changing the exiting wording to replace the 10 character/ 32 bit number 
> with 20 character 64 bit numbers be acceptable?  Maybe placing a short 
> warning that some clients may not handle numbers larger than 31 bit?

Works for me.

-- 
Matthias Andree



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