MvdV>>> 2) It violates my principle of "pass 'as is', unless there is a MvdV>>> clear technical reason for not doing so".
SM>> Is "pass as is" and "Ping reply" the same? I doubt.
MvdV> Semantics.
English is not my native language and I understand the first as passing through, but the second, precisely as a response from a robot, which, strictly speaking, is not obliged to return the message in full.