Re: I-D Action: draft-ietf-sieve-convert-02.txt

>>> "I've asked you and you ignored me" behavior doesn't seem right in Sieve.
>>> I don't think any other extension does that.
>>
>> I don't think this is a good reason to have it work this way, unless
>> we have a use case that merits the extra complexity.
>>
> Can you clarify what kind of complexity you are talking about?

The complexity of defining a new test to go with the new action.

On the other hand, if we have an action that can also be used as a
test, I think that's simpler.  And it seems we're converging on that.

>>>> Finally, I had an idea for how we could do the testing, which might
>>>> satisfy both issues:
>>>> Why not have the "convert" action *also* be a test.
...
>> Do you mean that making this both an action and a test shouldn't imply
>> that any other actions can be used as tests also?
>>
> Yes. Or rather the other way around: not every test is expected to be used
> as an action. I was thinking about calling functions in C: they can be used
> in tests and they can also be called so that their return value is ignored.

OK.  I think we're good on this, then.  We'll define this particular
action to also function as a test, but I'll put in text that makes it
clear that it's just this case, and that other actions are not
expected to behave this way.

If I don't hear objections from anyone else, I'll go ahead and put out
a new version with this change.

Barry
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