- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 21:22:47 +0200
- To: Benjamin Kaduk <bkaduk@akamai.com>
- Cc: last-call@ietf.org, httpbis-chairs@ietf.org, ietf-http-wg@w3.org, barryleiba@gmail.com, draft-ietf-httpbis-header-structure@ietf.org
On 18.05.2020 20:27, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 03:06:02PM +0200, Julian Reschke wrote: >> On 13.05.2020 05:59, Julian Reschke wrote: >>> ... >> >> Another late commment... >> >> <https://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/draft-ietf-httpbis-header-structure-18.html#rfc.section.3.1>: >> >>> 3.1. Lists >>> >>> Lists are arrays of zero or more members, each of which can be an Item (Section 3.3) or an Inner List (Section 3.1.1), both of which can be Parameterized (Section 3.1.2). >>> >>> The ABNF for Lists in HTTP fields is: >>> >>> sh-list = list-member *( *SP "," *SP list-member ) >>> list-member = sh-item / inner-list >> >> >> So the prose says zero elements are allowed, but the ABNF actually >> requires one element. >> >> One of these is incorrect... > > You saw > > An empty List is denoted by not serializing the field at all. > > right? That's about serialization. 4.2.1 seems to parse an empty string into an empty list. AFAICT, that's in conflict with the ABNF. Best regards, Julian
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