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Re: [apnic-talk] Status field for inet6num objects

  • To: Daniel Karrenberg < >
  • From: Nigel Titley < >
  • Date: 12 Jun 2002 10:45:46 +0000
  • Cc: Geoff Huston < >
    Anne Lord < >
    Joao Luis Silva Damas < >
On Wed, 2002-06-12 at 07:11, Daniel Karrenberg wrote:
> At 06:00 AM 6/12/2002, Geoff Huston wrote:
> >However, the distinction between "ALLOCATED" and "ASSIGNED" is perhaps a bit subtle.
> 
> When these attributes were created, those particular words were in deemed both descriptive and clear.
> Maybe the language concerned has shifted underneath in the meantime ;-).
> As a native speaker of one of its dialects, would you make a suggestion for improvement?

Well actually as a native speaker of (another) of its dialects, I've
never considered the distinction of ALLOCATED and ASSIGNED to be other
than subtle. I'd much prefer DELEGATED and ASSIGNED or some such. This
may be a matter of taste however.

Nigel
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