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Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: Use of LWSP in ABNF -- consensus call

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Thu, 17 May 2007 17:48 UTC

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On Thu, 17 May 2007, John C Klensin wrote:
>
> Is this construction dangerous if used in inappropriate
> contexts?  Sure.  Does that justify a warning note to the
> unwary?  Probably.  Is it possible to implement other things and
> call them by the same name (i.e., create a non-conforming
> implementation)?  Of course.  Should that invalidate the
> definition?  Not if we want to have anything left if the
> principle were applied broadly.

+1

Tony.
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