- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:04:51 +0200
- To: Yutaka OIWA <y.oiwa@aist.go.jp>
- CC: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On 2011-10-29 15:54, Yutaka OIWA wrote: > mostly +1 for requiring generic-parser-compatible syntaxes. > > Could you explain what > > Note: the fact that "realm" only allows quoted-string syntax was a > bad design choice not to be repeated in new schemes. > > means? > I don't think it is a bad idea, as long as ["realm=" token] pattern is > not valid. (because it is equivalent to use a generic parser first and > then to require quoted-string as a value.) > ... What I mean is that the ABNF requires the realm value to be a token, but in practice all UAs accept both forms. See test case: <http://greenbytes.de/tech/tc/httpauth/#simplebasictok> Best regards, Julian
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