-----Original Message-----
From: MacFaden, Mike
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 11:40 PM
To: mreview@ops.ietf.org
Subject: ifNumber and its ilk considered harmful
----- Forwarded message from Margaret Wasserman <mrw@windriver.com> -----
>From: Margaret Wasserman <mrw@windriver.com>
>Subject: Re: Please add back FIB counter to 2096 update
>
>Hi Mike,
>
>I hear conflicting things from various MIB experts about
>whether or not the "number" variables are useful.
>
>They don't represent the number of objects within the
>view, and they also are hard (maybe impossible?) to
>implement on distributed systems such as AgentX.
>
>So, I thought there were sufficiently out-of-favor that
>we shouldn't continue with them...
>
>Apparently you disagree, though? Is this something that
>the MIB experts could work out between themselves and
>reach a consistent opinion regarding?
>
----- End forwarded message -----
Comments?
Have any recent reviews disapproved of using scalars like ifNumber?
Regards,
Mike