Re: comments in HTTP headers
Rich Salz (rsalz@osf.org)
Tue, 18 Apr 95 01:19:11 -0400
>I suppose some of the value is in making the specification agree more
>with MIME and USENET so that shared code and cross-protocol gateways
>work more transparently. I really doubt we _need_ the full glory
>of RFC822 comments most of the time.
Usenet doesn't allow the full glory of 822 either. In general, Usenet
doesn't allow comments except in a particular format for From lines,
and *sort of* single-word unknown timezones.
I'd drop comment support unless you use a really limited subset of what 822
allows. Doing this still allows you to re-use all that wonderful existing
822-parsing code, but makes it easier on those writing from scratch.
/r$