Re: [http-state] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6265 (3444)

Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net> Sun, 06 January 2013 22:59 UTC

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Subject: Re: [http-state] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6265 (3444)
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* RFC Errata System wrote:
>http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=6265&eid=3444

>Section: 4.1.1
>
>Original Text
>-------------
>path-value        = <any CHAR except CTLs or ";">
>extension-av      = <any CHAR except CTLs or ";">

(That does indeed seem incorrect.)

>Corrected Text
>--------------
>path-value        = * <any CHAR except CTLs or ";">
>extension-av      = * <any CHAR except CTLs or ";">

I would prefer if the quantifier is either pulled into the prose rule,
or the set of characters is put in a separate rule, say `av-octets`,
and the quantifier is then put in front of the reference to the rule.
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