- From: Scott Lawrence <lawrence@agranat.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 12:48:21 -0500
- To: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
> 4. OUTLINE
I second Roys comment on the beginning of section 4:
> ...and that impact can largely be confined
> to Common Gateway Interface (CGI) programs, unless the server provides
> more sophisticated state management support.
That whole statement could just be cut without detracting from the
spec. CGI is irrelevant - almost all server implementations provide
other mechanisms for programatic access and the state management
mechanisms apply to them all equally (whether they are "more
sophisticated" or not).
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> 4.1 Syntax: General
> av-pairs = av-pair *(";" av-pair)
> av-pair = attr ["=" value] ; optional value
> attr = token
> value = word
> word = token | quoted-string
Why not just make the syntax for 'value':
value = token | quoted-string
I don't see any use for the 'word' token (and the name 'word' is
misleading because it isn't a word in the normal english usage).
> NOTE: The syntax above allows whitespace between the attribute and the =
> sign.
... and between the "=" and the value?
There should just be a reference to the general rule for implied
whitespace in HTTP header parsing (section 2.1 in RFC2068).
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Scott Lawrence EmWeb Embedded Server <lawrence@agranat.com>
Agranat Systems, Inc. Engineering http://www.agranat.com/
Received on Monday, 17 November 1997 10:03:59 UTC