On 16 Jun 2020, at 19:52, John Levine <jo...@taugh.com> wrote:
> 
> In article <3c1f1023-d17d-4739-8ca3-23f28254a...@internetstiftelsen.se> you 
> write:
>> I have a different use case for private TLDs and that is in teaching 
>> material. We give a DNS class at a university
>> here and in examples you cannot be restricted to .example as TLD because you 
>> need more than one TLD.
> 
> Well, that's what .TEST is for.

No it isn’t. 

RFC2606: ".test" is recommended for use in testing of current or new DNS 
related code.

>> And then you cannot rely on domain names that you can buy.
> 
> When I put domain names in my books as examples, I used real names and
> bought them.  In common domains they're not very expensive.

That is what .example is for.

RFC2606: ".example" is recommended for use in documentation or as examples.

Warmly,

Roy
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