Re: The IMAP APPENDLIMIT Extension - version 04

Michael M Slusarz <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.imapext
Message-ID <20150320102021.Horde.fwAFnWXIpWksMVRTts0t2uX@bigworm.curecanti.org>
Quoting Pete Maclean <[email protected]>:

> Thanks, Bron.  I am aware of Java's lack of unsigned integers having  
> had to work around it before.  (I find it a curious lack although I  
> have no idea of the rationale behind it.)  So, yes, I come to agree  
> that UINT64_MAX would be a poor choice, never mind an unnecessarily  
> large one.  So how about a compromise of, say, UINT48_MAX?

I think we discussed this earlier in this (or a related) thread.

But it probably makes the most sense to use an unsigned positive  
63-bit value, as Bron recommended, to remain consistent with other  
IMAP extensions, e.g. CONDSTORE:

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7162#section-3.1

michael

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