concise filling of places

[Dylan Thurston <dpt@math.harvard.edu>]

la lojbab. puza cusku di'e
...
 > I would never promise that all gismu places could be filled concisely.
 > Some are present merely to remind us that their existence should be
 > noted in determining whether a statement is true or not.  Thus you
 > should not claim that "ko'a mluni le toknu" unless you are indeed
 > asserting that there exist relevant orbital parameters.  It isn't
 > necessary to state them concisely, but it is necessary that there be
 > some value that could be filled in if someone really cared.

I think I misinterpreted the purpose of the gismu list, then.  Is it
supposed to be a guide for how you hope the language will actually be
used?  I thought it was the sort of thing that someone will go back in
20 years or so and revise based on what people actually use in
practice; but that's not entirely true if there are places that people
will never bother to fill.

(On the other hand, there might be places used only in descriptions.
For instance,

jakne
x1 is a rocket [vehicle] propelled by jet expelling x2 carrying payload x3

I wouldn't be surprised if {le seljakne} is more common than
constructions {da jakne de}.)

 > lojbab

mu'o mi'e. dilyn.