- From: James Graham <jg307@cam.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:42:04 +0100
Ian Hickson wrote: >On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, fantasai wrote: > > >>>>Does this allow relative urls? Please specify explicitly. >>>> >>>> >>>It is specified very explicitly. >>> >>> >>Sorry, how about "stated very obviously"? "the IRI token" does not >>obviously exclude relative URLs unless one is in the habit of reading >>URL-related RFCs. >> >> > >The problem is if I state one thing explicitly, then people will want >something else stated ("does it allow IDNs?" "does it allow UTF-8 >characters?" "does it allow fragment identifiers?"). Why should one aspect >of something be redundantly stated? > > Because it's identified by people who do read RFCs as an obvious and problematic source of confusion for those who don't. -- "But if science you say still sounds too deep, Just do what Beaker does, just shrug and 'Meep!'" -- Dr. Bunsen Honeydew & Beaker of Muppet Labs
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