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Re: Options for draft-ietf-6man-uri-zoneid

Simon Perreault <simon.perreault@viagenie.ca> Fri, 04 May 2012 13:54 UTC

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On 2012-05-04 09:44, Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote:
> On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 08:29:11AM -0500, Rajiv Asati (rajiva) wrote:
>> +1 for option 3 with hyphen.
>>
>> I like to be able to read the URI without having to put my glasses on.
>
> Interface names can contain other fancy characters and hence this one
> will simply not work in the general case.

The character just after the address is "special". We know it is special 
because it is just after the address. It can never be confused with the 
interface name itself. We could even choose something ridiculous, e.g. 
"x", as the special character and there would be no possibility of conflict.

+1 for hyphen

Simon
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