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Re: ABNF (was: New draft)

"Clive D.W. Feather" <clive@demon.net> Fri, 02 February 2007 18:59 UTC

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From: "Clive D.W. Feather" <clive@demon.net>
To: Frank Ellermann <nobody@xyzzy.claranet.de>
Subject: Re: ABNF (was: New draft)
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Frank Ellermann said:
> A tricky part could be <name> in chapter 2.2, because...
> 
> |     rulename       =  ALPHA *(ALPHA / DIGIT / "-")
> 
> ...in chapter 4 could be interpreted as different from <name>.

That's stretching it somewhat.

> Now I've
> found a typo in 4234 chapter 2.4:
[...]

I pointed this out to Paul a while ago.

> IMO RFC 4234 is fine, its
> LWSP is an exception, FWS as in RFC 2822 (excl. obs-FWS) would be better.

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here.

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