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Re: [gpsd-users] RFC - drop "tag" fields from the public interface
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Moe |
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Re: [gpsd-users] RFC - drop "tag" fields from the public interface |
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Sun, 24 Aug 2014 15:23:49 +1000 |
On Sun, 24 Aug 2014 01:01:07 -0400 (EDT)
address@hidden (Eric S. Raymond) wrote:
> There's going to be a libgps version bump in the 3.12 release. This
> makes it a good time for a featurectomy I've been thinking
> about. I'm requesting comments.
>
> The "tag" field in JSON reports is a historical relic from before the
> design of the JSON protocol,<snip>
> Does anyone have - or can anyone even imagine - a use case for the
> tag fields as they are now? If so, speak up. If all I hear is
> crickets, I'll drop them. Affirmative responses of the form
> "I have no use for the tag field" would be useful, too.
As well as TVP tag being one of 4, my understanding:
{"class":"SKY","tag":"GSV","device":"/dev/tty...
"tag" is always "GSV", If you have SKY you have GSV. It's just the
nature of the beast.
I have no use for the tag field.
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