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to: Michiel van der Vlist
from: Nicholas Boel
date: 2017-12-16 22:49:00
subject: Seasons Greetings

Hello Michiel,

On Sat Dec 16 2017 16:16:58, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Kees van Eeten:

 MV> You come to the right conclusion with the wrong logic. The level
 MV> parameter is one of those things that looked like a good idea at the
 MV> time but that with the knowledge of today could have been done
 MV> without. FTS-5003 recommends to ignore the level parameter on incoming
 MV> and only use the name of the identifier for processing. For backward
 MV> compatibility the level parameter should still be written on outgoing
 MV> messages. For the time being...

Probably forever now. The most used softwares these days are not going to 
remove the level parameter, even though they should.

 MV> It may disappear one day. Or not...

Most likely not.

Regards,
Nick

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