How long is a number [was: New Version Notification for draft-nottingham-structured-headers-00.txt]

On 4 Nov. 2017 19:21, "Matthew Kerwin" <matthew@kerwin.net.au> wrote:


... but I don't think it's right to call the parsing rule something as
generic as "number".  I wouldn't mind if it was 15 digits with a name of
"common integer" or something, with the view that we might, in future, find
a need to define a 38-digit "large integer" rule, or something like that.


You know what, after all the spam, over the weekend I think I've changed my
mind. I don't think there's a problem with the draft's definition of
"number" as 15 digits. I thought the name was significant (in the way
people would read the spec) but now I'm pretty sure it really is just paint
on the bike shed.

Cheers
-- 
Matthew Kerwin