- From: James Graham <jg307@cam.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:42:04 +0100
Ian Hickson wrote:
>On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, fantasai wrote:
>
>
>>>>Does this allow relative urls? Please specify explicitly.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>It is specified very explicitly.
>>>
>>>
>>Sorry, how about "stated very obviously"? "the IRI token" does not
>>obviously exclude relative URLs unless one is in the habit of reading
>>URL-related RFCs.
>>
>>
>
>The problem is if I state one thing explicitly, then people will want
>something else stated ("does it allow IDNs?" "does it allow UTF-8
>characters?" "does it allow fragment identifiers?"). Why should one aspect
>of something be redundantly stated?
>
>
Because it's identified by people who do read RFCs as an obvious and
problematic source of confusion for those who don't.
--
"But if science you say still sounds too deep,
Just do what Beaker does, just shrug and 'Meep!'"
-- Dr. Bunsen Honeydew & Beaker of Muppet Labs
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