Re: [ietf-822] Q: Space stuffing (RFC 3676)
Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Mon, 18 July 2016 14:08 UTC
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Subject: Re: [ietf-822] Q: Space stuffing (RFC 3676)
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Alessandro Vesely <vesely@tana.it> wrote: > > Section 4.4 of RFC 3676 says: > > On generation, any unquoted lines which start with ">", and any lines > which start with a space or "From " MUST be space-stuffed. Other > lines MAY be space-stuffed as desired. > > What does "as desired" mean? If lines are treated at random, it is obviously > impossible to tell stuffed spaces from original indentation. I think it should say that indented lines MUST also be space-stuffed. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <dot@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ - I xn--zr8h punycode Portland, Plymouth: East 4 or 5, becoming variable 3 or 4 later. Slight, occasionally moderate. Fair. Moderate or good.
- Re: [ietf-822] Q: Space stuffing (RFC 3676) Alessandro Vesely
- Re: [ietf-822] Q: Space stuffing (RFC 3676) Tony Finch
- [ietf-822] Q: Space stuffing (RFC 3676) Alessandro Vesely