PMP> Syntax change

PMP> Syntax change

Jay Martin jkm at underscore.com
Mon Nov 16 18:42:37 EST 1998


This is not good for me, either.  Can anyone explain
why this was done?  I can get behind this kind of change
if someone can clearly delineate the positive aspects of
using a Bit string as opposed to octetString.

	...jay


Harry Lewis wrote:
> 
> During discussion and review at the "MIB meeting" in Tucson (PWG), we noticed
> (for the first time) that hrPrinterDetectedErrorState syntax was changed from
> octetString to Bits!! I have determined that this will result in code changes
> for us. We are, therefore OPPOSED to this change! Can someone state the reason
> for this change? Is anyone adamantly opposed to leaving it as is?
> 
> Harry Lewis - IBM Printing Systems
> harryl at us.ibm.com



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