RE: itype 3 as generic status Re: To evolve or not to evolve

On 26 October 2022 at 22:01, Cameron Kaiser wrote: 

> I like this concept, but since not everyone's language is English, maybe there should be a 
> code followed by the text, like
>
> 31: Permanent redirect\t...
> 32: Gone\t...
>
> This looks good on screen, and a client can parse the number no matter what the text is.
>
> Ultimately, all this is convention and doesn't exclude any client, which is what I like best 
> about Gopher.


Can we be sure though that there aren't any legacy clients out there that do this:

parts=split(line,"\t")
if parts[0]=="3" {
 'do something
}

If there are, they won't see the error line correctly. Knowing how I write code, I'm pretty sure my client falls foul of this also! :(

-Matt/Jar