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Mention expected client behaviour of unknown types on MSC1772

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This was discussed in various places, but never quite made it to the MSC.
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@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ depending on the purpose of the room. Currently, no server-side behaviour is
expected to depend on this property. A `type` property on the `m.room.create`
event is used to ensure that a room cannot change between being a space-room
and a non-space room. For more information, see the "Rejected Alternatives"
section below.
section below. Additionally, no client behaviour is recommended for handling
unknown room types given the potential for legacy data: clients are free to
make their own decisions about hiding unknown room types from users, though
should note that a future conversation-like type (for example) might be
introduced and could be considered "unknown" by older versions of their client.
As with regular rooms, public spaces are expected to have an alias, for example
`#foo:matrix.org`, which can be used to refer to the space.