fixed comment about support for splitting of bitstring labels

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David Lawrence
2000-03-14 04:10:20 +00:00
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@@ -70,10 +70,9 @@ marginally); the nodes at d.e.f and w.y do not represent keys.
As an aside, remember that when ordering DNS names, labels are
examined from the right, therefore w.y sorts after x and before z.
When bitfields are fully supported (they aren't yet) then a split can
occur not only on a regular label boundary, but also between any two
bits. The common-suffix rules will be applied to keep as many bits
together as possible.
A split can occur not only on a regular label boundary, but also
between any two bits in an EDNS bitstring label. The common-suffix
rules will be applied to keep as many bits together as possible.
In the current implementation of the tree of trees, a node is
considered to "formally" exist only if it has data associated with