Re: #1132: Allowing IP addresses as path-identiites - Poll result

[Russ Allbery <rra@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Charles Lindsey <chl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I covered it in my version by disallowing [FWS] before a "!" (assuming
> it would be a good practice to always split lines in a comsistent and
> standard way). But if people want to permit [FWS] either before or after
> a "!", then I am sure that a grammar can still be written that will
> prevent FWS in the middle of a "!!". Opinions on whether we want to
> allow [FWS] on either side of a "!"?

I'll make a brief plea to disallow [FWS] after "!" rather than before, if
you're introducing folding, on the same grounds that most programming
style guides recommend:

    if (a
        && b)

rather than:

    if (a &&
        b)

This message should not be taken as support for the idea of folding the
Path header in general.

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Russ Allbery (rra@xxxxxxxxxxxx)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>