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Author ethan.furman
Recipients John Belmonte, Manjusaka, ethan.furman, hauntsaninja, hroncok, jbelmonte, pablogsal, veky
Date 2021-05-26.21:56:03
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Yes, that would be best practice.

However, if the user is interfacing with other software/hardware, they may not have a choice on which bits make up the mask.
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