Proposal: Pragmatize strict ordering (AI=1)
Amend Rule 2161 (ID Numbers) by replacing:
(b) Such an assignment is INVALID unless the number is a natural
number (expressed as a decimal literal with at most 14
digits) distinct from any ID number previously assigned to
an entity of that type, and (if the type of entity is
defined by the rules as strictly ordered) greater than any
orderly ID number so assigned. The player SHOULD select the
smallest number possible.
with:
(b) Such an assignment is INVALID unless the number is a natural
number (expressed as a decimal literal with at most 14
digits) distinct from any ID number previously assigned to
an entity of that type, and (if the type of entity is
defined by the rules as strictly ordered) ILLEGAL unless the
number is greater than any orderly ID number so assigned.
The player SHOULD select the smallest number possible.
I play Distrib-u-Matic to make the above proposal Distributable.
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-c.
