[tor-commits] [torspec/master] Make the forward-compatibility sec of control-spec more bulletproof

[nickm at torproject.org]

commit 4745fc3dbaf8253e96bf2a543d0140a60e6dba50
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm at torproject.org>
Date:   Fri Nov 23 11:27:46 2012 -0500

    Make the forward-compatibility sec of control-spec more bulletproof
---
 control-spec.txt |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/control-spec.txt b/control-spec.txt
index 43212a5..cc82dca 100644
--- a/control-spec.txt
+++ b/control-spec.txt
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@
     a stream closed for an unrecognized reason is nevertheless closed,
     and should be reported as such.
 
+    (If some list of alternatives is given, and there isn't an explicit
+    statement that clients must tolerate unexpected values, clients still
+    must tolerate unexpected values. The only exception would be if there
+    were an explicit statement that no future values will ever be added.)
+
 2. Message format
 
 2.1. Description format