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

["Charles Lindsey" <chl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In <432A63ED.1C21@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Frank Ellermann <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>Open questions:  what is allowed in a <tail-entry> ?

Given that it's intended to be ignored, it doesn't really matter provided
there is nothing that might ever be recognized as a delimiter inside it.
My present thought is just

tail-entry = 1*( alphanum / "-" / "_" / "." )

>Is Charles ready to drop the "multi-id per entry" idea in
>the syntax ?  If not adding it is simple:

I have no huge problem with that, provided it is made clear somewhere,
i.e. USEPRO, that a site can add several entries it it wishes (e.g.
...!demon!news.demon.co.uk!... so as to keep all its peers happy). The
only difference my syntax would make is that it would not allow a
<source-identity> in the middle of one site's bunch (it would be stupid to
do so, but no great harm would arise).

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