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Re: [apps-discuss] draft-yevstifeyev-abnf-separated-lists-02

Dave CROCKER <dhc@dcrocker.net> Fri, 17 December 2010 22:46 UTC

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Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] draft-yevstifeyev-abnf-separated-lists-02
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On 12/16/2010 1:56 PM, Julian Reschke wrote:
> On 16.12.2010 18:40, Dave CROCKER wrote:
>>> 1*3#(";")element indicates the list of elements separated by
>>
>> Question to the audience: are the parentheses needed here? The quotation
>> marks would seem to provide sufficient lexical uniqueness, but this is
>> the sort of nuance I usually get wrong.
>> ...
>
> Parentheses please.


In the form of the specifications in that part of the document, that means that 
the parentheses are terminals.  They are required to be used in the construct.

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   Dave Crocker
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