[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#4594) topology fix for goto route packet

["rwetmore@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <rwetmore@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The extra bit is an inferior method and will involve a lot of code rewrite.

This is unnecessary for implementing genral topologies if it is done correctly.

So, do general topologies in conformance with the current code standard and
leave the other discussion and fixes until they can be thrashed out and agreed
upon in their own right.

The two problems are separate - don't slow up gen-topo anymore by forgetting 
this.

Cheers,
RossW
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Jason Short wrote:
> Mike Kaufman wrote:
> 
> 
>>Explain again why an extra bit sent is not the wisest course of action?
> 
> 
> Sounds good to me.
> 
> The history is that a long time ago (around or during the original 
> PR#1185 discussion), Raimar decided that the extra bit sent was more 
> trouble than it was worth.  Since then Ross and I have been haggling 
> over how to implement the special-case method, with nary a thought of 
> reverting to the extra-bit method.
> 
> jason