- From: Frank Ellermann <hmdmhdfmhdjmzdtjmzdtzktdkztdjz@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:20:56 +0000
- To: "Julian Reschke" <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Julian Reschke wrote: > Can you point to language or ABNF rules in RFC2231 or MIME > that actually says that (I'm ready to believe you, I just > want to understand how you come to that conclusion...). It's a bit tricky, that's why I sent a copy to Ned. "*" is no <tspecials> in RFC 2045. A lexical parser handles it as ordinary token character. "*" is also no <specials> in RFC 5232 (2822upd). A lexical parser handles it as ordinary <atext> character. RFC 2231 does not update <tspecials>. In fact it says: | Specifically, an asterisk at the end of a parameter name | acts as an indicator that character set and language | information may appear at the beginning of the parameter | value. "At the end of" is arguably not the same as "following". Not the same situation as for "=", where RFC 2045 states: | Note that the definition of "tspecials" is the same as | the RFC 822 definition of "specials" with the addition | of the three characters "/", "?", and "=", and the | removal of ".". But I'm far from sure that my interpretation is okay... Frank
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