PE>  16   10    2       integer     baud (useless)

PP> This is not always useless. When it has a value of 2 (an impossible baud 
PP> rate), it means that this is a Type-2.2 packet (FSC-0045)... Just for 
PP> completeness...

PE> Thanks for the info.  I don't want to spec Type 2.2 at this stage.
PE> Do you think it would be better to say "baud (optional)" or just
PE> "baud"? I'm not sure that it is actually optional!

ml> i don't know that it is optional either... witness the following pascal
ml> structures and note the ABSOLUTE overlaying of variables... i don't know
ml> how other authors determine which PKT type they are working with but i
ml> like this method ;-)

I'm sorry, but I don't understand what your code was trying to
demonstrate.  My question (stated above) was whether baud was
optional.  E.g. does anyone care if you just stick in 0 all the
time, is anyone's implementation going to break?  I'm not sure
what the baud field is meant to mean anyway, in a packet standard.  
BFN.  Paul.
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