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[http-state] ABNF prose productions, was: BNF notation differences, was: Comments on draft-ietf-httpstate-cookie-08.txt (1 - 4.1.2.)

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Thu, 15 July 2010 12:28 UTC

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Subject: [http-state] ABNF prose productions, was: BNF notation differences, was: Comments on draft-ietf-httpstate-cookie-08.txt (1 - 4.1.2.)
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On 14.07.2010 19:21, Adam Barth wrote:
> ...
>> Also, re:
>>
>>   <any CHAR except CTLs or ";">
>>
>> I think it would be good to avoid prose productions. In this case, an
>> alternative would be:
>>
>>   0x20-3A / 0x3C-7E
>>   ; any CHAR except CTLs or ";"
>
> I've left this as is.  The RFC Editor can get on my case if he or she
> doesn't like this formulation.
> ...

RFC 5234 says that the prose form is to be used as "last resort" (see 
<http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc5234.html#rfc.section.4>). Meaning: 
don't use it unless you really really have to.

Best regards, Julian

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