CORBA24 — Minor code allocation inconsistency

CORBA 2.3, section 15.4.3.2 - Reply Body - states:

"A vendor (or group of vendors) wishing to define a specific set of system
exception minor codes should obtain a unique VMCID from the OMG, and then
define up to 4096 minor codes for each system exception."

Section 3.17 - Standard Exceptions - states:

"Within a vendor assigned space, the assignment of values to minor codes is
left to the vendor."

The first dictates that minor code numbers are in the space of each
Standard Exception. Ie, the true # of minor codes is (4096 times
#-of-Standard-Exceptions). But the second implies that vendors can
allocate their minor codes however they wish.

So which is it? The first mandate (if you read it as a mandate) or the
second freedom?

Take proposed resolution from Core RTF discussion in issue Archive