#12

[David Harrington <dbh@enterasys.com>]

Problematic Requirement: #12
       Requirement name: Base Data Types
       Description of the problem with the requirement: This is a
request for clarification of this requirement. The Specs section says
that Pointer will probably be needed again. I think Pointer is a new
type, since it is not available as a base type, but only as textual
conventions in SMI amd SPPI. As a result, pointers in SMI and SPPI are
constrained to the very specific semantics and usages described in the
SMI/SPPI textual conventions. These specific usages have been captured
in requirements #14 and #15, and need to be captured for the ReferenceID
and PRID of SPPI. Pointers as a generic base type should be discussed as
a new requirement, not as part of this requirement. 

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