Re: [apps-discuss] Question about URI template and expansion of an empty list

[Francis Galiegue <[e-mail]>]

On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Murray S. Kucherawy <[e-mail]> wrote:
> I'm inclined to think it's "X." for the same reason "X{.empty}" is "X.",
> which is to say that an empty list, like an empty string, isn't undefined,
> but there is indeed nothing to expand.
>
> Either way, there may be grounds for an erratum here.  The RFC does talk
> about handling empty strings, but not empty lists.  The closest is Section
> 3.2.1 which talks about "expansion of a defined, non-empty value", meaning
> defined, empty values aren't explicitly covered in the prose as far as I can
> see.
>

Similarly, it doesn't talk about extending empty maps.

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