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

Harald Tveit Alvestrand <Harald@Alvestrand.no> Mon, 23 November 1998 12:23 UTC

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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 13:06:55 +0100
To: Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>, drums@cs.utk.edu
From: Harald Tveit Alvestrand <Harald@Alvestrand.no>
Subject: Re: draft-ietf-drums-abnf-09.txt posted
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Believe it or not, I found another nit :-)

Having a parser for ABNF that I apply to what people ask me to approve
gives me the most amazing experiences sometimes...

Look at this rule from another doc:

   label       = let-dig * (ldh-str)

Now, look at these definitions:

     repetition     =  [repeat] element
     
     repeat         =  1*DIGIT / (*DIGIT "*" *DIGIT)
     
     element        =  rulename / group / option /
                       char-val / num-val / prose-val
     
     group          =  "(" *c-wsp alternation *c-wsp ")"
     
     option         =  "[" *c-wsp alternation *c-wsp "]"

See what's missing?
Right - there's no way it's allowed to have spaces between
the repeat and the element in a repetition.

I *think* this was intentional, but wanted to run it by group consensus
before sending the offender back to the cleaners....

                            Harald A

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Harald Tveit Alvestrand, Maxware, Norway
Harald.Alvestrand@maxware.no

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