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Update documentation to acknowledge integer type mismatch in certain admin packets #8238

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The packets ADMIN_PACKET_ADMIN_UPDATE_FREQUENCY and ADMIN_PACKET_ADMIN_POLL call for an AdminUpdateType of uint16 and uint8 respectively, which doesn't make any sense.

As far as I can tell looking at blame, this has been the case since day 1 of this being introduced, so changing it to be consistent across the two packet types would break literally everybody's implementations regardless of which way around you did it.

I have discussed this mismatch in IRC, and this documentation change seems to be the sanest way forward - at the very least it's a warning to those implementing these packets to watch out for.

@glx22 glx22 merged commit 1bc7047 into OpenTTD:master Jun 27, 2020
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As far as I can tell looking at blame, this has been the case since day 1 of this being introduced, so changing it to be consistent across the two packet types would break literally everybody's implementations regardless of which way around you did it.

Good work, @duckfullstop. It's no longer a bug; it's now a feature 😆!

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