Re: fds beyond 0/1/2

[der Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

>>>> As a global request, [...]
>>> Why is a global request needed?
>> It's not really _needed_.  It is designed to allow the client to
>> probe for the presence of support earlier than the channel request
>> does.
> I thought so.  But it can be very simple then.

It can.  It is.  Describing it takes one whole paragraph.

I'm not sure it will survive the flow-control-driven changes, though.
The flow control issue means the scheme I concocted is probably pretty
much useless in the form I described; see the rest of this thread. :)

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