Re: draft-ietf-op-formats-01.txt

[Lindsay Mathieson <lindsay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>String-to-Keys
> So I reserved the old tag (0x03) as obsolete, and modified the
>definition to have a new tag and use a 32-bit integer.

I feel I must object to this. All it does is create a new (unneccessary)
format. Anyone who wants to maintain compatibility with PGP (which will be
most) will still have to support the 8 bit floating point format. The
change just complicates things, not simplifies.

And when all's said and done, what is so complicated about it ? sure its a
finicky irritating design choice but once implemented you can forget about
it. I can post source code if anyone finds it that difficult.


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