Re: Details...

Ben Laurie (ben@gonzo.ben.algroup.co.uk)
Sat, 1 Jun 1996 12:05:14 +0100 (BST) 

Roy T. Fielding wrote:
> 
> > Section 2.2
> > 
> > Although it is obvious, the notation '"a".."z"' has not been defined.
> 
> That's because its obvious.  ;)
> 
> > Should tspecials include "#"?
> > 
> > 'qdtext         = <any TEXT except <"> and CTLs,
> >                         but including LWS>'
> > should read
> > 
> > 'qdtext         = <any TEXT except <"> and CTLs>'
> 
> Nope.  Quoted text can indeed be broken over multiple lines.
> I bet it would break a few popular clients, too.

Ahem. TEXT already includes LWS, and, in fact, excludes CTLs, so it should be
even shorter:

'qdtext         = <any TEXT except <">>'

Cheers,

Ben.


> 
> 
>  ...Roy T. Fielding
>     Department of Information & Computer Science    (fielding@ics.uci.edu)
>     University of California, Irvine, CA 92717-3425    fax:+1(714)824-4056
>     http://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/
> 

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