Agree, although the right thing to do helps in specific applications but not so much in the general case. You're very often stuck with other people's MIBs / spe

Agree, although the right thing to do helps in specific applications but not so much in the general case. You're very often stuck with other people's MIBs / specs and encoders, trying to make sense of what a) they're allowed to put on the wire and b) what they actually do and under what circumstances.