- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:04:34 +1000
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>, Henrik Nordstrom <henrik@henriknordstrom.net>, Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
On 24/08/2009, at 11:18 PM, Julian Reschke wrote: > Mark Nottingham wrote: >> That leaves us at: >> 1) Replace OWS in qdtext with space and tab, and >> 2) Remove obs-text from qdtext, and >> 3) Restrict quoted-text to VCHAR. >> Milestone assigned for -08; barring any other discussion, we'll see >> what the editors come up with in that revision. >> ... > > 1) > > qdtext = WSP / %x21 / %x23-5B / %x5D-7E / obs-text > ; WSP / <VCHAR except DQUOTE and "\"> / obs-text > obs-text = %x80-FF Looks good. > 2) > > What's the problem with obs-text? It doesn't contain controls... Mea culpa; misread that. Never mind #2. > 3) > > It seems to me that the purpose of quoted-text is to allow any > character in qdtext, plus DQUOTE and "\", which would make it > > quoted-text = qdtext / DQUOTE / "\" > > While we're at it, we probably should rename it to quoted-char, and > also add a short statement what the semantics of a quoted-pair is. I had to read that a few times, but I think I agree. However, "quoted- char" may be confusing, as it's very similar to "quoted-pair". -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
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