Re: Advertising metadata and other fields in overview

Hi all,

RFC 3977 says in Section 8.4.2:
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| This command MAY generate different results if it is used more than
| once in a session.

Speaking of "session", I'm intrigued by:
12.6.  Caching of Capability Lists
    In most situations, the capabilities list in a given server state
    will not change from session to session; for example, a given
    extension will be installed permanently on a server.  Some clients
    may therefore wish to remember which extensions a server supports to
    avoid the delay of an additional command and response, particularly
    if they open multiple connections in the same session.
There is a notion of "multiple connections in the same session".  Yet, it seems that it is the only place in RFC 3977 where multiple connections are mentioned.  I would have thought a connection and a session were synonyms but I'm maybe wrong.
Does a session have the meaning of a period of time during which a client has at least 1 connection opened?  (The term is not really defined, and if it has that meaning, a few uses of it are ambiguous compared to a connection.)
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