Re: [PATCH v2] MI: Replace sequence number with ID

[Mohammad-Reza Nabipoor]

On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 09:18:18PM +0100, Jose E. Marchesi wrote:
> 
> >
> > The answer for both questions:
> >   "to make testing easier by having perdictable IDs for messages"
> 
> But you see, that is exactly my point: message IDs must not be
> predictable: they don't absolutely need to, and also it is probably a
> good idea for them to not be.
> 
> The client implementations should not rely on predictable IDs, and the
> same can be said about the server implementation (poke itself.)
> 
> If we are going to test the MI as a black-box, I don't think we need to
> check for the validity of IDs at all.
> 
> I have nothing in principle against using different ID "namespaces" for
> responses and events, but they complicate the implementation and IMO it
> is unnecessary.
> 

OK. Makes sense. I'll ignore them completely in tests :)
Thanks for your explanation!