Re: Repost issue: missing accessors same as NILs?

>  IMHO "no value is known" is covered by "default" because the 
> application can choose to treat missing data as unknown if it 
> can choose the default.


I believe the difference between default and unspecified is worth 
calling out.  Default raises some questions -- does the application have 
to specify a default value out of band somehow?  Can I rely on a default 
value at the other side?  Must all omitted elements of the same data 
object have the same default?  Etc.
	/r$
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Received on Friday, 18 January 2002 12:33:39 UTC