- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:11:13 +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:
> ...
>> 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".
And yes,
qdtext / DQUOTE / "\"
is the same as
WSP / VCHAR / obs-text
...but I think the former is more clear in that it adds DQUOTE and "\".
But.
quoted-pair is also used in comments. Are we ok with restricting the set
here as well? And, if yes, shouldn't we then also adjust the allowed set
for non-quoted characters in comments?
Currently it reads
(<http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-latest.html#rfc.section.3.2>):
comment = "(" *( ctext / quoted-pair / comment ) ")"
ctext = OWS / %x21-27 / %x2A-5B / %x5D-7E / obs-text
; OWS / <VCHAR except "(", ")", and "\"> / obs-text
To make it consistent with quoted-string it would need to change to:
ctext = BWS / %x21-27 / %x2A-5B / %x5D-7E / obs-text
; BWS / <VCHAR except "(", ")", and "\"> / obs-text
Feedback appreciated,
Julian
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