RE: ENUM property values

Is 0 (zero) avoided in the model(s) to allow implementations to reserve it
for special situations that are outside the scope of the model? Are there
examples where 0 (zero) makes an implementation less robust?

Thanks,
Mircea.



-----Original Message-----
From: Marcus Brunner [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 11:37 AM
To: Pana, Mircea; IETF Policy (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [Policy] ENUM property values


I normally is good practice to start enums with 1 (Most of the MIB 
definition follow this practice). Normally, it makes implemetnations more 
robust when starting with 1.

Marcus

--On Montag, 2. Dezember 2002 08:54 -0600 "Pana, Mircea" 
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Most ENUM property values in Policy documents use consecutive integers
> starting at 1. The integer value 0 (zero) is skipped. Was there a
> particular reason for this? Some implementers would prefer such values to
> start at 0.
>
> Thanks,
> Mircea.



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