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

Francis Galiegue <fgaliegue@gmail.com> Sun, 07 April 2013 20:38 UTC

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Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] Question about URI template and expansion of an empty list
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On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Francis Galiegue <fgaliegue@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Let us say that there is a variable called "list", whose value is an empty list:
>
> list = []
>
> Now let us have this template:
>
> X{.list}
>
> Should the expansion be "X" or "X."? And, more importantly, why?
>

Any insights? I have read the spec by and large (RFC 6570) and still
cannot figure it out...

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