Subject: [AAA-WG]: [Issue] Error messages: decimal or hex?

From: Bernard Aboba <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 07:29:53 -0800 (PST)

Submitter: Bernard Aboba <[email-masked]>
Date: December 28, 2001
Document: Diameter Base -08
Section: 7.1 (page 75)
Rationale: 
  Diameter distinguishes error classes according to the DECIMAL value of
  the Result-Code data field. This is widely used in protocols that 
  utilize ASCII encoding (SMTP, HTTP, etc.). But it doesn't make much
  sense in a binary protocol such as Diameter. Shouldn't the HEX value
  of the Result-Code data field be used instead? 

For example:

Is an Informational error message 1000 - 1999 in DECIMAL? Or is it
10000000 - 1FFFFFFF in HEX?