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> That would be a bug, Paul, in my opinion. As part of my living, I write
> software. If software isn't prepared to appropriately handle the messages it
> receives, that's as much a bug as it would be to receive one datatype while
> expecting another (crash).

Well, I used to develop software too ... :)

Sidelined by my disability I can now devote my full attention to the perfection of my ability to be a pain in the rear full-time.

As near as I could gather from the rebuttal, and/or lack of one; this is not regarded as something that requires a fix. Time will tell if it is changed ...

Even if it is not the cause of this problem, it is (IMHO), an un-good thing. The remaining protocols should also be checked for validation testing of the data exchanges ...

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