Re: draft-ietf-drums-abnf-09.txt posted

Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com> Wed, 25 November 1998 17:51 UTC

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Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 08:24:53 -0800
To: Harald Tveit Alvestrand <Harald@Alvestrand.no>
From: Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>
Subject: Re: draft-ietf-drums-abnf-09.txt posted
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At 09:06 PM 11/22/98 +0100, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
>Right - there's no way it's allowed to have spaces between
>the repeat and the element in a repetition.

I vote (rather strongly) for NO white space between the repetition symbol
and the reference.

The example you gave does a good job of demonstrating my reason.  It looks
too darn much like someone is "multiplying" something.  I think it would be
wise of us to keep the notation from enouraging mis-understanding.

d/

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draft-ietf-drums-abnf-09.txt posted Dave Crocker
Re: draft-ietf-drums-abnf-09.txt posted Harald Tveit Alvestrand
Re: draft-ietf-drums-abnf-09.txt posted Dave Crocker