Am 13.10.2022 um 07:54 schrieb Mark Nottingham: > Hi Julian, > >> On 13 Oct 2022, at 4:42 pm, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote: >> >> +1 on all points, except for the one about ABNF. The referenced >> statement is about how to define Structured Fields in other specs; it >> doesn't really say anything about why the use of ABNF *inside* the SF >> spec would be a bad idea. >> >> FWIW, as implementer of the spec the ABNF made things easier for me; I >> understand that people who do not use ABNF a lot might feel different. >> But if it ain't broke, don't fix it. > > Now I'm even more concerned -- the spec is explicit that you shouldn't be using the ABNF to implement, you should be using the algorithms. Define "use". Is reading the ABNF a "use for implementation"? (and yes, I followed the algorithms in my impl, and it passes the test suite) Best regards, JulianReceived on Thursday, 13 October 2022 07:18:01 UTC
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