Re: Does Reason-Phrase allow LWS?

Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
> * Julian Reschke wrote:
>> Looking at...:
>>
>>     TEXT           = <any OCTET except CTLs,
>>                      but including LWS>
>>     LWS            = [CRLF] 1*( SP | HT )
>>     CRLF           = CR LF
>>
>>     Reason-Phrase  = *<TEXT, excluding CR, LF>
>>
>> So was the real intent to say: any OCTET except CTLs?
> 
> That would disallow spaces. This is literally:

No, it wouldn't. TEXT includes SP.

>   OCTET - CTL + LWS - CR - LF
> 
> Which is the same as
> 
>   OCTET - CTL + SP + HT

If that's really the intet, we better say it explicitly.

So, is HT allowed in reason phrases?

BR, Julian

Received on Friday, 23 November 2007 16:23:48 UTC