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Re: Use of LWSP in ABNF -- consensus call

Tony Hansen <tony@att.com> Tue, 15 May 2007 03:21 UTC

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Lisa Dusseault wrote:
> I share your concerns about removing rules that are already in use --
> that would generally be a bad thing.  However I'm interested in the
> consensus around whether a warning or a deprecation statement would be a
> good thing.

LWSP has a valid meaning and use, and its being misapplied somewhere
doesn't make that meaning and usage invalid. I could see a note being
added. However, anything more than that is totally inappropriate.

	Tony Hansen
	tony@att.com

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