- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:18:40 +0200
- To: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- CC: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>, Henrik Nordstrom <henrik@henriknordstrom.net>, Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
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
2)
What's the problem with obs-text? It doesn't contain controls...
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.
BR, Julian
Received on Monday, 24 August 2009 13:26:04 UTC