- From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
- Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2017 07:09:02 +0000
- To: Matthew Kerwin <matthew@kerwin.net.au>
- cc: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>, Kazuho Oku <kazuhooku@gmail.com>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
-------- In message <CACweHNBjCu-Ymm7OX70u65QR-ws_HKY6U7qcCJR8Y4AWzuPD1Q@mail.gmail.com> , Matthew Kerwin writes: >If 'Foo' is an integer known/defined to be within [1,3600], say, then its >spec can say: "the value MUST be a <theoretical-unsigned-4digit-type> >between 1 and 3600, respectively". The entire reason behind this draft is that the spec-writer can write: "The value MUST be 1 <= value <= 3600, and serialized as a Common Structure Number [RFCXXXX]." and *not* write any ABNF at all. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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