On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Ken Murchison wrote: > Wouldn't the client know that the name exists from the output of: > x LIST "" % > * LIST (\Noselect) "." "foo"
That's the point. The client would have to do that extra LIST. The presumption that you're making is that the client will always start from the top level of hierarchy and go down. I'm trying to explain that this is not necessarily a valid presumption. -- Mark -- http://staff.washington.edu/mrc Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate. Si vis pacem, para bellum.
