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RE: Enumerated INTEGER - start with zero or one (0 or 1) ?
> Here is what I put into the latest under-construction
> version of the Guidelines document:
>
> - For integer-valued enumerations:
>
> - INTEGER is REQUIRED;
> - Integer32, Unsigned32, and Gauge32 MUST NOT be used.
>
> Note that RFC 2578 recommends (but does not require) that integer-
> valued enumerations start at 1 and be numbered contiguously. This
> recommendation SHOULD be followed unless there is a valid reason to
> do otherwise.
>
Looks good Mike, My proposal is to add a line that states:
Such a valid reason should be documented in the DESCRIPTION clause.
Although... is that adding another CLR ??
Well, it is a a lowercase "should".... ;-)
Bert
> //cmh
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