From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.194] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1VZtAn-0006C7-NV for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 26 Oct 2013 02:00:17 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.220.45 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.220.45; envelope-from=gavinandresen@gmail.com; helo=mail-pa0-f45.google.com; Received: from mail-pa0-f45.google.com ([209.85.220.45]) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1VZtAm-0006Lt-SA for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 26 Oct 2013 02:00:17 +0000 Received: by mail-pa0-f45.google.com with SMTP id kp14so4513429pab.4 for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2013 19:00:11 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.68.211.233 with SMTP id nf9mr4561984pbc.85.1382752810961; Fri, 25 Oct 2013 19:00:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.102] (CPE-1-121-149-168.qwl9.woo.bigpond.net.au. [1.121.149.168]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ed3sm12561904pbc.6.2013.10.25.19.00.08 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 25 Oct 2013 19:00:09 -0700 (PDT) References: <274a1888-276c-4aa6-a818-68f548fbe0fa@me.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) In-Reply-To: <274a1888-276c-4aa6-a818-68f548fbe0fa@me.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <9DCDB8F6-E3B2-426B-A41E-087E66B3821A@gmail.com> X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (10B329) From: Gavin Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 12:00:03 +1000 To: Jean-Paul Kogelman X-Spam-Score: -1.6 (-) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (gavinandresen[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature 0.0 URIBL_BLOCKED ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to URIBL was blocked. See http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/DnsBlocklists#dnsbl-block for more information. [URIs: me.com] X-Headers-End: 1VZtAm-0006Lt-SA Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Feedback requested: "reject" p2p message X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 02:00:18 -0000 On Oct 26, 2013, at 11:01 AM, Jean-Paul Kogelman w= rote: >=20 > Would it make sense to use either fixed length strings or maybe even enums= ? No. Enums or fixed length strings just make it harder to extend, for no bene= fit (bandwidth of 'reject' messages doesn't matter, they will be rare and ar= e not relayed).