Re: ABNF legibility, summary of changes

From: Charles Lindsey (chl@clerew.man.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Jun 02 2003 - 11:24:00 CDT


In <3ED0D420.4040205@Sonietta.blilly.com> Bruce Lilly <blilly@erols.com> writes:

>If there is any substantial amount of syntax in our documents, we
>should consider providing a collected syntax to simplify matters for
>implementors. With about half a dozen new header fields and updates
>to those defined in 1036, I think there's more than enough ABNF to
>warrant a summary collection. N.B. I'm not suggesting summarizing
>2822's grammar, just what is new or different in our document (I'm
>hoping that 3822 will have a collected syntax).

Sadly, the above paragraph confirms what I have long suspected, namely
that Bruce has not actually read the Draft.

Other interested readers are referred to Appendix B of the present draft.

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