Re: Linear whitespace

Looking further in the RFC, I see that extra <CR> and <LF> characters are 
explicitly prohibited from the request line in section 5.1. So ignore the 
example.

At 12:50 PM 5/4/2005, Marc Schneider wrote:
>At the end of section 2.1 of RFC 2616 there is a rule about implied linear 
>whitespace
>
>implied *LWS
>The grammar described by this specification is word-based. Except where 
>noted otherwise, linear white space (LWS) can be included between any two 
>adjacent words (token or quoted-string), and between adjacent words and 
>separators, without changing the interpretation of a field. At least one 
>delimiter (LWS and/or separators) MUST exist between any two tokens (for 
>the definition of "token" below), since they would otherwise be 
>interpreted as a single token.
>And in section 2.2 a definition of LWS is given
>
>HTTP/1.1 header field values can be folded onto multiple lines if the 
>continuation line begins with a space or horizontal tab. All linear white 
>space, including folding, has the same semantics as SP. A recipient MAY 
>replace any linear white space with a single SP before interpreting the 
>field value or forwarding the message downstream.
>
>
>LWS            =
>[CRLF] 1*( SP | HT )
>
>Does the optional carriage return linefeed at the beginning of the LWS 
>only apply to headers? Or can this CRLF appear between any two words or 
>between a word an separator?
>
>For example, is the following valid?
>
>GET<CR><LF><SP>/<CR><LF><SP>HTTP/1.1<CR><LF>host:<SP>blah...
>Thanks.
>
>Marc Schneider
>Senior Software Engineer
>
>OPNET Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPNT)
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