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Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 03:46:20 +0200
To: Randy Presuhn <randy_presuhn@mindspring.com>, ltru@ietf.org
From: r&d afrac <rd@afrac.org>
Subject: Re: [Ltru] [psg.com #1092] WGLC treat 0- as escape from syntax
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At 19:10 02/08/2005, Randy Presuhn wrote:
>Hi -
> > From: r&d afrac <rd@afrac.org>
> > Sent: Aug 2, 2005 11:23 AM
> > To: Erkki Kolehmainen <erkki.kolehmainen@kotus.fi>,
> >       Randy Presuhn <randy_presuhn@mindspring.com>
> > Cc: ltru@ietf.org
> > Subject: Re: [Ltru] [psg.com #1092] WGLC treat 0- as escape from syntax
> >
> > At 15:24 02/08/2005, Erkki Kolehmainen wrote:
> > >As this 0- would not be understood by any current implementation to be an
> > >absolute escape sequence, which could be followed by any syntax, I'm
> > >against its inclusion in the present memo.
> >
> > ??? Why? It conforms to the ABNF. Then what would be the result?
>
>The string "0-" conforms to the ABNF.  The rest of your proposal does not.

??? Most surprising since there is nothing else to consider after "0-" :-)

> > Interesting since people are going to use it anyway.
>
>Fine; they'd just not be in conformance to the spec.
>Time will tell whether the market will endorse non-conformance.

Which specs? Oh you mean the Draft? Do you really believe that it will make 
an RFC withough the "0-" escape sequence?

> > And Randy just said he would not oppose. Or you mean that Randy is joking
> > at me?
>...
>Submitting an i-d requesting registration of 0- is the correct procedural
>path, as outlined in the current registry i-d.  As for the content of your
>i-d, I reserve comment until it appears.

Oh! you were right, God the Randy was joking at me!
jfc


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