- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:53:23 +1000
- To: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Cc: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
Now #173: http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/173 We probably need to have a more general discussion of chunk-extensions as well... On 18/06/2009, at 4:07 AM, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote: > Hi, > > A chunk extension value is defined as either token or quoted- > string. A > quoted-string allows CRs and LFs for folding and in escaped form under > RFC 2616; we have since outlawed the escaped form, and in headers, but > not chunk extension values, we now outlaw producing them for folding > as- > well. Accepting and processing the latter correctly still appears to > be > a SHOULD level requirement; I am not sure about the former. > > It appears that implementations usually just read a line and ignore > any- > thing after the first ";" character at the beginning of a chunk. > Perhaps > the specification should use a CRLF-free quoted-string instead for > this; > if not, the considerations for obs-fold should apply to chunk > extension > values aswell, or obs-fold should not be used for chunk extension > values > (which would require a separate quoted-string production aswell). > > regards, > -- > Björn Höhrmann · mailto:bjoern@hoehrmann.de · http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de > Am Badedeich 7 · Telefon: +49(0)160/4415681 · http://www.bjoernsworld.de > 25899 Dagebüll · PGP Pub. KeyID: 0xA4357E78 · http:// > www.websitedev.de/ > -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
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