- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 18:32:07 +0200
- To: Brian Smith <brian@briansmith.org>
- CC: 'Mark Nottingham' <mnot@mnot.net>, 'HTTP Working Group' <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Brian Smith wrote: > Julian Reschke wrote: >> Mark Nottingham wrote: >>> Closed with proposal below. >> OK, proposed patch >> (<http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/attachment/ticket >> /67/i67.diff>): >> in >> <http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/draft-ietf-httpbis-p3-payloa >> d-latest.html#rfc.section.3.3>, >> >> add >> >> All parameters defined as a token are also allowed to occur as >> quoted-string, where both notations are equivalent. > > Does this mean "All parameters defined as a token are also allowed to occur > as quoted-string, but only when both notations are equivalent" or "All > parameters defined as a token are also allowed to occur as quoted-string; > both notations are equivalent." The intent was the latter. So: "All parameters defined as a token are also allowed to occur as quoted-string; both notations are equivalent." > quoted-strings are always compared to each other in a case-sensitive manner > (right?) but tokens are always compared to each other in a case-insensitive I thought it depends on the parameter: "Parameter values might or might not be case-sensitive, depending on the semantics of the parameter name." > manner. A quoted-string should be compared to a token in a case-insensitive > manner as well, right? BR, Julian
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