Re: [yam] slightly off topic: "token" production - MIME vs HTTP
Ned Freed <ned.freed@mrochek.com> Sun, 07 February 2010 19:03 UTC
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Subject: Re: [yam] slightly off topic: "token" production - MIME vs HTTP
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> sorry for being a bit off-topic.
> Does anybody recall the reason why "token" in MIME (RFC 2045, and
> earlier) allows "{" and "}", while HTTP (RFC 2616, and earlier) does not?
There were a number of discrepancies between MIME and HTTP that crept in
for various reasons, but I don't recall the origins of this one.
I searched my email from around the time this decision was made but couldn't
find anything about this. Sorry.
Ned
- [yam] slightly off topic: "token" production - MI… Julian Reschke
- Re: [yam] slightly off topic: "token" production … Ned Freed