Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 05 Jun 1999 17:04:28 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Migrating to larger numbers |
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Guest section DW wrote: > > > And so how do you distinguish between (0,2000) and (7,208)? > > I do not. > > (But (0,2000) is not normalized and hence would not normally occur.) >
"Normalized"? We need to support more than 255 anonymous devices. I believe your basic idea is good, but the only possible escape number is ~0, not 0.
-hpa
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