Re: mostly open issues

[Tim Showalter <tjs+@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 12:40:15 -0800
> From: Randall Gellens <randy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> My understanding of the DRUMS discussion on Resent-* headers is that 
> they are not to be used for .forward style automatic, unconditional 
> forwarding, but are supposed to be used for user-initiated forwarding. 
> I say that Sieve falls into this latter category, and thus Resent-* 
> headers SHOULD be generated.

Okay, I'm not sure if I agree with the first half, but I can accept the
second half in any case.

> > 4.  Request: Short-circuit evaluation should be either MAY or MUST, and
> >     must be discussed in case it matters in the future.
> 
> I've implemented them, but I suspect there may be implementation 
> environments where this is hard to support, and so I don't think we can 
> require it.

Really?  Could you provide an example?  I can think of only one, and I
think it's rather absurd.

Chris, why shouldn't this be "SHOULD"?  I think SHOULD would be useful
since I assume short-circuit evaluation will be required by extensions
that specify tests with side effects, and it's useful from an efficiency
standpoint.

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Tim Showalter <tjs+@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>